Very little. His assumption had been based largely on a hunch and he liked to tell himself that he didn’t believe in hunches. He knew that she was deeply shocked. Her white face and the movement of her hands gave her away completely but she was, as Miss Emily had remarked, a woman of character. She said: ‘I have been very stupid. You may, I suppose, congratulate yourself. What gave you the idea?’ ‘I happened to notice your expression when that monstrous girl walked out from behind the boulder. You looked angry. But, more than that, I’ve been told Wally sticks to it that his Green Lady was tall and very beautiful. Naturally, I thought of you.’ A door slammed upstairs. Someone, a man, cleared his throat raucously. She twisted her hands into his. Her face was a mask of terror. ‘Mr Alleyn, promise me, for God’s sake, promise me you won’t speak about this to my husband. It won’t help you to discuss it with him. I swear it won’t. You don’t know what would happen if you did.’ ‘Does he not know?’ She tried to speak but only looked at him in terror.
