But he had rejected the notion. The break
had been so complete, and George, after all, was so closely connected
with Betty! Considering that he had not mentioned Betty's brother, either
when speaking to Janet on the telephone two or three days ago, or again
just when he had made his unconventional re-entry into Old Place, it was
odd how the thought of Betty's twin haunted him as he followed his little
guide upstairs. Odd? No, in a sense very natural, for he and George often
raced each other up these very stairs. They had been such pals in spite
of the four years' difference between them.
Radmore and Timmy were now in the kind of annex or wing which had been
added some fifty years after the original mansion had been built. The
lower floor of this annex consisted of one big room which, even in the
days of Radmore's first acquaintance with the Tosswills, was only used in
warm weather. Above it were two good bedrooms--the one still called
"George's room," over-looked the garden, and had a charming view of
bracken-covered hill beyond.
Timmy opened the door with a flourish, and Radmore saw at once that only
one of the two beds was made up; otherwise the room was exactly the same,
with this one great outstanding difference--that it had a curiously
unlived-in look.
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