They seemed unable to stay away. They had no sooner eliminated one lead in their search for Rosie and returned to Scotland than they felt compelled to return and try another. The Salvation Army and the Red Cross were helping them but so far there had been no luck. They had advertised in every newspaper, even including a snapshot and offering a reward. All in vain. Stuart was slowly coming to the conclusion that his daughter had perished in one of the many bombing raids on London, but Angela would not believe it. Ashen-faced and losing weight, she clung to hope like a drowning man clinging to a straw. ‘There’s something not quite right about her disappearance,’ she said over and over again. ‘All that stuff in her room and then the break-in when it was all stolen is decidedly suspicious. She’s got herself into trouble, that’s what, and is ashamed to tell us.’ ‘I don’t believe that.’ ‘What other explanation is there? Her landlady said there was a shifty-looking character came asking after her.’ ‘Angela, you must stop this,’ he told her as often as she brought the subject up.
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