“That was back before the depression,” I said. “A lot of things have attracted attention since then.”
She acted as though she wanted to tell me something, but felt that she shouldn’t. I said, “Go ahead. Give me a break.”
She said, “ You don’t give me any.”
I said, “If I could find Mrs. Lintig, it might be very much to her advantage. She might fall heir to a large estate.”
Marian Dunton laughed, and said, “And then again, she might win a sweepstakes.”
I grinned.
“Won’t you tell me why all this activity about Mrs. Lintig?”
I kept the interest out of my eyes. “I don’t know,” I said.
“Are you working for someone, or are you on your own?”
I said, “Well, if I could find her, there might be something in it for me.”