They came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie

Author:Agatha Christie
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Detective and mystery stories, English
ISBN: 9780553350340
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1985-07-01T07:56:11.219000+00:00

101

‘How should I know?’ said Victoria.

‘Oh, then you’re not impersonating anybody in particular. That makes it easier.’

‘Yes, after all, a man can have lots of nieces. Or, at a pinch, I could say I’m only a cousin but that I always call him uncle.’

‘You think of everything,’ said Edward admiringly. ‘You really are an amazing girl, Victoria. I’ve never met anyone like you. I thought I wouldn’t see you again for years, and when I did see you, you’d have forgotten all about me. And now here you are.’

The admiring and humble glance which Edward cast on her caused Victoria intense satisfaction. If she had been a cat she would have purred.

‘But you’ll want a job, won’t you?’ said Edward. ‘I mean, you haven’t come into a fortune or anything?’

‘Far from it! Yes,’ said Victoria slowly, ‘I shall want a job. I went into your Olive Branch place, as a matter of fact, and saw Dr Rathbone and asked him for a job, but he wasn’t very responsive – not to a salaried job, that is.’

‘The old beggar’s fairly tight with his money,’ said Edward. ‘His idea is that everybody comes and works for the love of the thing.’

‘Do you think he’s a phoney, Edward?’

‘N‐o. I don’t know exactly what I do think. I don’t see how he can be anything but on the square – he doesn’t make any money out of the show. So far as I can see all that terrific enthusiasm must be genuine. And yet, you know, I don’t really feel he’s a fool.’

‘We’d better go in,’ said Victoria. ‘We can talk later.’

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