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Ten ENTER SIR JAMES PEEL EDGERTON
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Ten ENTER SIR JAMES PEEL EDGERTON
Tuppence betrayed no awkwardness in her new duties. The daughters ofthe archdeacon were well grounded in household tasks. They were alsoexperts in training a “raw girl,” the inevitable1 result being that the rawgirl, once trained, departed somewhere where her newly-acquired know-ledge commanded a more substantial remuneration than the archdea-con’s meagre purse allowed.
Tuppence had therefore very little fear of proving inefficient2. Mrs. Van-demeyer’s cook puzzled her. She evidently went in deadly terror of hermistress. The girl thought it probable that the other woman had some holdover her. For the rest, she cooked like a chef, as Tuppence had an oppor-tunity of judging that evening. Mrs. Vandemeyer was expecting a guest todinner, and Tuppence accordingly laid the beautifully polished table fortwo. She was a little exercised in her own mind as to this visitor. It washighly possible that it might prove to be Whittington. Although she feltfairly confident that he would not recognize her, yet she would have beenbetter pleased had the guest proved to be a total stranger. However, therewas nothing for it but to hope for the best.
At a few minutes past eight the front door bell rang, and Tuppence wentto answer it with some inward trepidation3. She was relieved to see thatthe visitor was the second of the two men whom Tommy had taken uponhimself to follow.
He gave his name as Count Stepanov. Tuppence announced him, andMrs. Vandemeyer rose from her seat on a low divan4 with a quick murmurof pleasure.
“It is delightful5 to see you, Boris Ivanovitch,” she said.
“And you, madame!” He bowed low over her hand.
Tuppence returned to the kitchen.
“Count Stepanov, or some such,” she remarked, and affecting a frankand unvarnished curiosity: “Who’s he?”
“A Russian gentleman, I believe.”
“Come here much?”
“Once in a while. What d’you want to know for?”
“Fancied he might be sweet on the missus, that’s all,” explained the girl,adding with an appearance of sulkiness: “How you do take one up!”
“I’m not quite easy in my mind about the soufflé,” explained the other.
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