have known it wouldn’t all be plain sailing.”
“Is there any train she could have taken after that I wonder?”
“Not one that would have landed her in London in time to go to the Savoy.”
“Well,” said Tuppence, “as a last hope I am going to talk to the chambermaid. Una Drake had a room on the same floor as ours.”
The chambermaid was a voluble and informative woman.
Yes, she remembered the young lady quite well.
That was her picture right enough.
A very nice young lady, very merry and talkative. Had told her a lot about Australia and the kangaroos.
The young lady rang the bell about half past nine and asked for her bottle to be