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Chapter 18-2
'This fellow's got plenty of money,' she said, pointing to a picture over the mantelpiece. 'That's a Gainsborough.' Daphne was surprised and a little puzzled to learn that the actress had a knowledge of art, and, as though she read her thoughts, the woman continued: 'I know a lot about pictures— their selling value anyway. I have a boy friend— one of the Lecksteins, the art dealers, and he's given me lots of tips. What is all this stuff?' She waved a hand disparagingly at the laden tables. Daphne explained, and the woman's nose wrinkled a little contemptuously. 'It doesn't look worth the trouble of collecting.' And then, abruptly: 'Where did you go the other night?' For the moment Daphne was nonplussed. Even now she had not succeeded in finding an alternative explanation if that which
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