Also how she was quite certain that he had searched it earlier.
She went on to relate how on the second night she had changed rooms with Miss Graham.
“That was extremely clever of you,” Vale commented, “but at the same time I cannot bear to think that this man might have insulted and frightened you.”
“He certainly frightened me, but I recognised that the one thing I had to protect was the letter you had given me.”
“I can see that if you were a man you would be immediately enlisted into the Secret Service!”
“I am sure that is a compliment,” Novella smiled, “but it scared me so much even to think of what you do and what we are doing, I would much rather be fighting on a battlefield without anything secret about it.”
Vale laughed.
“You certainly have a point there and I will try not to
