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now feel certain of is that it was either the work of or was econnived at by some of the servants . Of these the French maid 7 ip2LCavea anys as they aione haa been eft at home and where they had sed. We had a French butler at the time and eventually and the coupiesethen disappeared. e married the French maid aiporately planned, ,iatewadsecarried) outsin-the) absencesof-the fs a i he — ee ee rl v —< 3 . urea bi Pe nS lid as wasmproved:by thecdate on-which the house was broken into, land byetheerandang of ;thevwkeyson theatervrace and: fi the } = : « 17 +1 »lAa Thaw oh i hs > han aRARlM)Y?) nA SG laces andefansi2erthe feids. [They might have had accomplices it it is hard to imagine how two foreigners could have found Solniaxustrange «(town erehaving i found | them: ,ritais Qauvyrv difficult to think how they could have avoided sooner or later betraying themselves or their principals. Then there was Anna. It transpired later on that our old lish nurse Mrs Henderson , who had been promoted to place of housekeeper, had been persuaded by Anna to entertain the servants and their friends at a supper party on of the burglary ,; and that: Anna had been very much excited dur- lIngpabme P@ast whoShe hadyavioverior Leng stanging: ,.aupr: workman ,and I think I j~though. I am not. quite - Q 7 CP on re ae " ae = sat £ + 1 ey awt.«tr \ a 1} + COPLaiInyvor iene facts Bhavehe WaS/nOb Oletnenpareys Anna 5 Lt Wlll be recalled was strangely affected on the day after the burglary and was opposed to the inspection of the house which 4 She neither recognised the key we v FH r :. ie) ol 5 n ~ mM ct ia) Oo Oo RK | 3 0 £ a) = st 3 had found on the terrace , nor did she even hint at the desira- . va bility of ascertaining whether the jewels were, safe after the