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 "Where?"

"Where I was for one place."

"They asked you about me?"

He nodded. "They asked Agnes Ertyle, too."

"Why?"

"That's what I came here to find out. What're you up to now?"

He knew nothing, Ruth was sure, about George Byrne. Whatever knowledge was in the hands of those who questioned him, he knew nothing more than the fact of the inquiry.

"It's because I've applied for permission to go to Switzerland, I suppose," Ruth said.

"To go where?" he questioned.

She repeated it.

He bent closer quickly.

"Why in the world are you going there?"

"To rest up."

"You? That's what you told the Embassy people, I suppose."

"Yes."

"Well, did they believe it?"

"I don't know."

"I hope you didn't expect me to. Look at me, Cynthia Gail. Why are you traveling to Switzerland; you have to tell me the truth of what you intend to do!"