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Virginia and Anthony walked side by side down the path which led to the lake. For some minutes after leaving the house they were silent. It was Virginia who broke the silence at last with a little laugh.
"Oh, dear," she said, "isn't it dreadful? Here I am so bursting with the things I want to tell you, and the things I want to know, that I simply don't know where to begin. First of all"-she lowered her voice-"_What have you done with the body?_ How awful it sounds, doesn't it! I never dreamt that I should be so steeped in crime."