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“They’ll just think it’s old Mrs. So-and-So having her fancies again—nobody will take any notice at all.”
“Except Mrs. Thomas Beresford,” said Tommy.
“All right, yes,” said Tuppence. “I’ve taken notice—”
“But why did you?”
“I don’t quite know,” said Tuppence slowly. “It’s like the fairy stories. By the pricking of my thumbs—Something evil this way comes—I felt suddenly scared.”