Chapter Twenty-SixMrs. Barrelforth Means Business
Mrs. Barrelforth stood beside him, cracking her knuckles, while he looked up the station’s number and put the call through.
“Ask for that Millie girl,” she said. “On second thought, it might be better if I spoke to her. Woman-to-woman.”
She took the buzzing instrument from Tim. “What’s her last name?” she asked. “Marsden? Hullo. Miss Marsden, please. That’s right… Hullo. Miss Marsden? This is Mrs. Lemuel Barrelforth, president of the New Jersey Chapter of the British-American War Brides Improvement Association. What? No, I can’t say as I did enjoy the program. Never mind that. What I want to know is, what happened to Mrs. Ludlow?”
She listened for a moment, her eyes watching Tim anxiously. He could hear the tinny, perfunctory voice in t
