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“Why, are you planning to murder someone?”

“No, just looking for aperson”

“Which is why you’re going to the States”

“Yes But I don’t knohere this person lives or how to find out”

“I think you’ll find they have a record of her home address on this ship”

“How’s that possible?”

“Because she traveled with us on the e, and would have had to hand in her passport to the purser So he’s almost certain to have her address on his files It o, but at least it’s somewhere to start In nor to release personal inforer, but as you’re a director of the coine that won’t be a problem”

“How did you know thatperson was Samantha?”

“Your mother told me”

“But I didn’t tell her”

“Not in so many words But I’ve learned over the years never to underestimate that woman Mind you, when it’s personal, even she can make mistakes”

“Like Desmond Mellor?”

“I would never have thought it possible that whoever replaced Alex Fisher could prove even more of a problem”

“And there’s a big difference between Mellor and Fisher,” said Seb “Mellor’s bright, which erous”

“Do you think he has any chance of beco deputy chairman?”