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he last thing Mme. Storey said to me before we entered Nick Van Tassel's house was: “Remember always to play a passive part here, Bella. Don't try to steer the conversation and never ask a leading question. Keep your eyes, your ears, and your mind open, and let Nick make the running.”
She was right in saying that I would forget my fears when we arrived. Once inside the house, the sense of danger roused my faculties to such a state of activity I could not stop to be afraid.
We were shown to a perfectly beautiful suite in the north wing—a corner sitting room and a large bedroom for Mme. Storey; a smaller bedroom for me adjoining. Mme. Storey's sitting room was decorated in the Japanese style. By keeping our eyes open and watching the servants we learned that a door just beyond my
