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"And the other day in London something elsehappened. I was in the tube and there were a lot of people on the platform. I thoughtsomeone tried to push me on to the line."
　　"My dear child!" saidBess Sedgwick. "Don't romance."
　　Again Father made that slight gesture of his hand.
　　"Yes," said Elviraapologetically. "I expect I have been imagining it all but –I don't know – Imean, after what happened this evening it seems, doesn't it,as though it might all be true?" She turned suddenly to BessSedgwick, speaking with urgency, "Mother! You might know. Doesanyone want to kill me? Could there be anyone? Have I got an enemy?"
　　"Of course you've notgot an enemy," said Bess Sedgwick, impatiently. "Don't be an idiot. Nobody wants to kill you. Whyshould they?"
　　"Then who shot at me tonight?"
　　"In that fog," saidBess Sedgwick, "you might have been mistaken for someone else.That's possible, don't you think?"she said, turning to Father.
　　"Yes, I think it might be quite possible,"said Chief-Inspector Davy.