“You're not the man to leave such a debt unpaid?”

“I try to repay it by giving Madame Brandt my devoted friendship.”

Her eyes never wavered as they held mine.

“That's one of the things I wanted to know. Tell me something about her.”

I felt some surprise, as Eleanor was of a nature too proud for curiosity.

“Why do you want to know?”

“Because she interests me intensely. Is she young?”

“About thirty-two.”

“Good-looking?”

“She is a woman of remarkable personality.”