“She may at any time fall back into the same condition. I don’t want her to know you are here.”
“Why?”
There was a gleam of humor in his eyes; it angered her. Why should she play policy with him?
“Because your presence may excite her. You are Mr. Garrison’s friend. I hope you will take my advice and not try to see her until she has finished her cure.”
“What cure?”
“She has been sent to a place in Switzerland called Val Sinestra, to drink arsenic water; you see I am keeping nothing from you.”
“Very kind, I could easily find out. Val Sinestra?” The name was familiar.
She stood with her hand on the door-knob waiting for him to go.
“Val Sinestra. I will write her.”
“I have orders to withhold any communications which may excite her.”