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Bold and audacious as she was as a rule, Lady Altamont felt that she could not meet the detective at this moment. How much he knew so far as she was concerned was merely a matter for conjecture. Naturally, the name of the inspector was known to her, but she had never come into contact with him personally.
And yet he was interested in her and her doings, for inadvertently Ailsa had mentioned his name, and here he was, not to be put off, and evidently determined on an interview. A cold shiver passed over Lady Altamont as she realised that perhaps Burles had a warrant for her arrest in his pocket.