Page 13 (1/2)

"I was curious," she admitted It sounded beyond foolish, but it was the truth And she couldn’t possibly embarrass herself any more this afternoon

"Curious about what?"

"Him" She jerked her head toward the"I didn’t even knohat he looked like And yes," she said pointedly, putting a halt to the interruption she could see for at all to do hether or not he’s killed anyone, but I couldn’t help ht next door"

He crossed his ar to steal over and slit your throat?"

"Winston!"

"I’, "but you -"

"But it’s not," she put in earnestly "It was That I agree But then-I started watching hi very peculiar about that man"

"Which you’ve discerned in the last-" Winston frowned "How long have you been spying upon him?"

"Five days"

"Five days?" Gone was the bored-aristocrat expression, replaced bydisbelief "Good Lord, Olivia, haven’t you anything better to do with your time?"

She tried not to look embarrassed "Apparently not"

"And he didn’t see you? In all that time?"

"No," she lied, and quite smoothly, too "And I don’t want hi away from the "

He looked over at theThen back at her, his head reat skepticishbor?"

She plopped herself down into a chair at the back wall, surprised by how s "Well Most of the ti"

She scowled "Do you want me to tell you or not? Because I won’t continue if all you’re going to do is mock me"

He motioned for her to continue with a patently sarcastic flick of his hand

"He spends an inordinate an of murderous intent"

"When was the last time you spent any time at a desk?" she shot back

"Point taken"

"And," she continued, with considerable eot his attention "Disguises?"

"Yes Sometimes he wears spectacles and sometimes he does not And twice he orn an extre to this," Winston stated