Contents

Chapter One

AS MY TRAIN pulled into London, I looked out at…

Chapter Two

I EXPECTED THAT the police would thank me for my…

Chapter Three

I WAS HARDLY back in France—a matter of a fortnight—before…

Chapter Four

I’D TAKEN REFUGE in the Meltons’ dining room from a…

Chapter Five

LYING AWAKE in my bed that night long after Mary…

Chapter Six

FINALLY I WROTE to Simon Brandon.

Chapter Seven

SIMON GREETED ME, took my satchel away from me, and…

Chapter Eight

I DID AS HE ASKED. The debonair officer had vanished,…

Chapter Nine

MICHAEL WAS of course invited to dine with us, and…

Chapter Ten

WHEN I REACHED the flat, Diana and Mary were there,…

Chapter Eleven

AS I WAS about to pull over at the Marlborough…

Chapter Twelve

I WAS JUST coming up the avenue of lime trees…

Chapter Thirteen

I SPENT THE AFTERNOON in Mrs. Hennessey’s apartments ironing the uniforms…

Chapter Fourteen

I STOOD THERE rooted to the spot, not sure what…

Chapter Fifteen

I HAD WANTED to see Alicia Dalton before I left…

Chapter Sixteen

I MUST HAVE walked another hundred yards or more. And…

Chapter Seventeen

WHEN SIMON’S LETTER arrived, the envelope was worn and splattered…

Chapter Eighteen

THE NEXT TWO and a half weeks were busy. I…

Chapter Nineteen

“JACK MELTON.” I whispered the name aloud, as if by…

Chapter Twenty

TO MY SURPRISE, when I reached Mrs. Hennessey’s house and the…

Chapter Twenty-One

I WALKED NEARLY a mile before I looked for a…

Chapter Twenty-Two

I DIDN’T SCREAM, bottling it up in my throat. Instead…

Chapter Twenty-Three

I DON’T REMEMBER turning out the light, but I must…

Chapter Twenty-Four

AT DAWN the next morning, I could hear the guns…