Sweet Nothings

Sweet Nothings
The Abduction of Psyche
The British Are Coming
The Broken Pitcher
I've been told thatshe was worried, upset, afraid about something, and convinced that her life was in danger.Was that your impression when she came to see you?"
　　"No," said Egerton,slowly, "no, I wouldn't go as faras that; though she did say one or two things that struck me as curious."
　　"Such as?"
　　"Well, she wanted to know who would benefit if shewere to die suddenly.""Ah," saidChief-Inspector Davy, "so she had that possibility in hermind, did she? That she might die suddenly. Interesting."
　　"She'd got somethingin her head but I didn't know what it was. She also wanted toknow how much money she had – or would have when she wastwenty-one. That, perhaps, is more understandable."