Warrant for X by Philip MacDonald

Author:Philip MacDonald [MacDonald, Philip]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-29T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XV

AT 10:30 A.M. on the morning of Friday, the seventh of October, Miss Rose Parfitt was being taxi-borne from the heights of St John’s Wood towards Waterloo Station. Upon Miss Parfitt’s round and homely face was a broad smile like that of a child suddenly elated by an unexpected treat. In Miss Parfitt’s bag was a five-pound note which she had not earned and beside the driver of the taxi was Miss Parfitt’s trunk of yellow tin. Miss Parfitt was entering upon an unexpected and therefore doubly delightful holiday.

At 10:45 A.M. Miss Ada Brent entered the vestibule of Lords’ Mansions, St John’s Wood. Behind her trailed a taxi driver bearing a trunk which might have been sister to that of Miss Rose Parfitt. Miss Ada Brent was of an age somewhere between twenty-five and thirty. She was of good figure and pretty, with a rather lavishly powdered face. She was neatly but soberly dressed in black.

Miss Brent had a few words with the commissionaire, who then superintended the setting down of Miss Brent’s trunk and watched Miss Brent with approving eye while she paid the taxi driver.

“Fourteen A, is it?” said Miss Brent and made play with her large dark eyes.

The commissionaire said that it was 14A; that Miss . . . ?

“Brent,” said Miss Brent and smiled.

“Ah!” said the commissionaire boldly and in military fashion twirled his fierce moustache and smiled. “Mine’s Stubbs. Sergeant Stubbs. Eric Stubbs.”

Miss Brent smiled, showing pretty teeth between very red lips.

“You’ll see to my box then?” said Miss Brent and was assured and got herself to the lift and was raised rapidly to the sixth floor.

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