CHAPTER 25On the same afternoon Anne rang up Janice Albany.
“It’s Anne Jocelyn speaking. Look here, I wonder if you can help me.”
Janice said, “What is it? What can I do?”
“Well, Lyn was here yesterday. You had her to tea last week. She was talking about someone she met then, and I stupidly forgot to ask her the name. I’ve been wondering whether this woman was related to some people I met in France. Lyn’s out, and it’s teasing me—you know the way things do.”
“Would it have been Miss Silver? She was talking to Lyn, and I think I caught your name.”
“Does she live at Blackheath?”
“Oh, no, she lives in Montague Mansions—15 Montague Mansions.” Then, after a little pause, “She has a niece at Blackheath.”
“Who is she?”
“She’s a pet—straight out of the last century. She wears beaded slippe
