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Ida shuddered violently. Had she acted on the spur of the moment she would have rushed from the house to the motor and returned home fully resolved to have no more to do with this ghastly business.
After all, she was under no obligation to Valerie Brune. She had gone into the affair out of sheer good nature, and, perhaps, in the hope that she might be able to help Elsie Harness. At any rate, she never expected to find herself face to face with a tragedy. It was her duty to place the facts at once in the hands of the police. But by adopting such a course she might do Valerie Brune an injustice, and cause her serious trouble. She would wait a little longer.