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It was hard to be satisfied with information as meagre as that; still, the trouble with Thomas could be dealt with as it arose, it was not perilously imminent, but Ailsa asked no further questions. The strange spectacle of old Susan in this new light was sufficiently astonishing.
She seemed to have lost all her old timidity and taciturnity. It was evident also that she knew everything about the mystery of No. 13.