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anything else you want done before breakfast?"
"No, nothing. And I'm sorry to have scolded you, Linda. I should have known you wouldn't be so silly as to come fooling with the door in the middle of the night."
"I wish it had been me. I don't like it, Mrs. Bates. Who would try to get into your suiteand why?"
"No one." Mrs. Bates laughed. "It must have been another passenger, perhaps one who was under the weatheror under the influence, as the saying is."
The suggestion was not unlikely, but Linda felt uneasy and unconvinced. She hurried through her breakfast and rushed back to Mrs. Bates's suite with the excuse that she wanted to help Gertrude pack for their disembarkation that afternooon. When the packing was complete, she accompanied Mrs. Bates out to the deck for her gentle prelunch walk, saying that Gertrude was still not feeling quite the thing and might like a nap. Mrs. Bates raised her brows and smiled quizzically, but she did not protest.
On the second lap of their walk, they met the general and Mrs. Sotheby. They finished the lap together and then settled down in deck chairs to enjoy the sea breeze and the warm sun. Somewhat later, Peter found them chatting comfortably about the house in Corfu and the old friends Mrs. Bates and Mrs. Sotheby expected to see there.
"Come and make a foursome at shuffleboard,

 
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