Chapter 47

But her story gained credibility by the fact that she spoke no English, although she had understood Joseph well enough. She could have had no knowledge of the talk in the kitchen and servants’ hall, and indeed Joseph had told me later that he had warned both women to keep their mouths closed over the whole business. Her story, punctuated by dramatic pauses where Judy saw that my French was inadequate, was as follows: She was occupying Mary Martin’s room, and the night as I have said was sultry and like midsummer. S…