"I imagine that this shocked you a little. It shocked you rather more because you'd seen Lionel recently. Possibly Lionel had said something to you, indicating something which confirmed this line of thought. You decided that it was necessary for you to go off at once and see if you could learn something else— something important in this matter— from Milta and Sabine Haragos or from one of them.
"So you went off. You did that? Right?"
She nodded.
"That is more or less correct," she said. "I went to see Sabine."
"All right," said Callaghan. "Now I want you to tell me exactly what happened when you went to see Sabine. Don't miss anything out. No matter how small or unimportant it may seem."
"I went to see Sabine," she said. She was still looking at the fire. "I was rather frightened. I w
