Chapter 21

“Oh, dear,” she murmured. “She isthere. You’re not being taken in by her,

are you?”

“No more than you were by Rinaldi,” he said dryly.

“Mr. Lee, darling, do be careful,” she said with a rare display of motherly

concern.

“Believe me, Mother, in my profession, there are very few people I trust.

And af...