18 : In Reply to Your LetterTheir visit to John’s flat and subsequent conversation had taken much longer than either Ritchie or Mr. Campion had dreamed, and when they met Gina and Miss Curley on the door-step of Twenty-one they were astounded to learn that the court had adjourned for the day.
Miss Curley was grimly capable, keeping her head with a conscious effort. Gina was silent and, had it not been for a glazed expression in her eyes, might have appeared sullen. Her chestnut hair warmed the whiteness of her skin and her mouth was resolute.
“She must eat,” said Miss Curley in an undertone to Ritchie. “You come up with me and talk to her until I find something.”
Gina looked at Campion.
“They’re making a strong case,” she whispered. “Even John’s beginning to see it now. He stayed behin
