“You know him well? Have you known him long?”
“For several years—ever since he came to London. He is a dear old man.”
“An Italian?”
“Yes, though he has not been in Italy for many years.”
“He took a keen interest in Russian affairs,” Snell asserted.
“Did he? I’m sure I don’t know. He certainly never talked about such things to me.”
“Did he ever speak to you of Lady Rawson?”
“Never!”
It was impossible to doubt Winnie’s emphatic negative.
Again he shifted his point, or appeared to do so.