“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.”