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Yet in spite of the lateness of the hour Anstice did not drive ho in the episode just closed had intrigued him, piqued his curiosity as well as sti, as he drove, what there was about his patient which suggested a , at least, unusual unexpected, in her character or surroundings

"She's uncommonly handsome--but so are heaps of women Nice house, plenty of money, I should say, and of course she herself is well bred Yet there is so odd about her--about her manner, rather Looks at one queerly--almost quizzically--and yet when she smiled she looked extraordinarily sad" He turned a corner rather carelessly and a surprised motor-cyclist sounded his horn reproachfully "I wonder--is she a ? There was no sign of a husband, though I believe the servant said so about a child Anyhow"--he had reached his own house now and slowed down before the gate--"I will see her to-morrow and perhaps learn a littleto learn If not--well, women love to appearto rival the Sphinx and appear an enig men!"

And he went in to his belated dinner with a rather cynical smile on his lips