Yolisa gave a little shiver.
“I was sure of that the moment I met him,” she said in a low voice.
“I ought to apologise,” her uncle sighed, “for ever doubting that you were right. But at least you made me suspicious and, when everything you predicted came true, I realised that I had been extremely stupid in ever doubting you.”
“I am not really surprised that you did,” Sir John chimed into the conversation. “I thought at the time that Yolisa was laying it on rather thick, but apparently she was right.”
“Completely and absolutely,” Lord Langford said, “and next time, Yolisa, I want the whole truth.”
”That is what I usually do give you,” she replied, “but this was so horrifying that I really could not believe it myself.”
“I quite understand you feeling like that,” her uncle said. “At
