Rendezvous (47 page)
Authors: Amanda Quick
She hesitated and then gave a small sigh. “Nothing significant. I thought I saw someone in the street I once knew.” She paused to take a sip of tea. “Someone I did not expect to see here in London.”
“Who?”
She wrinkled her nose. “I vow, I have never met anyone
who can manage to return so repeatedly to a subject that a person has made very clear that she does not wish to discuss.”
“One of my many talents. And no doubt one of the reasons why you continue to employ me as your assistant now and again on the odd case.”
She said nothing. Not mutinous or stubborn, he thought. She was deeply uneasy and perhaps not certain where to start her story.
He got to his feet. “Come, my sweet. Let us collect our coats and gloves and take a walk in the park.”
RENDEZVOUS
A BANTAM BOOK
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NOVEMBER
1991
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