Chapter 15
'A YOUNG lady on the phone— she's phoned twice. I told her you were in bed and asleep,' said the cleaner, and with a start Daphne remembered Ella and her coat.
What explanation should she give to the girl? She went to the telephone and Ella's sharp voice hailed her.
'Whatever happened to you last night?' There were no 'my dears' this morning, Daphne noticed, but she was too bruised and weary to be amused.
'I got into the wrong car... it was waiting to take one of your company home, and I was out of London before I found that a mistake had been made.'
She was not a ready liar; her explanation sounded to her very halting. It sounded as if Miss Creed was not convinced.
'Are you sure that's what happened?' she asked, a note of suspicion in her voice. 'Somebody sent my chauffeu
