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you too much in front of your mother."
　　"Oh no," said Bridget,"we don't want Mummy to hear aboutit. She gets in such a frightful state about things and she'dgo and tell everyone. I mean, if Elvira doesn't want thingslike this to be known…”
　　"First of all," saidChief-Inspector Davy, "I want to know about a box ofchocolates in Italy. I gather there was some idea that a box was sent to her which mighthave been poisoned."
　　Bridget's eyes openedwide. "Poisoned," she said. "Oh no. I don't think so. At least…”
　　"There was something?"
　　"Oh yes. A box of chocolates came and Elvira dideat a lot of them and she was rather sick that night. Quite ill."