havesix notches on her gun representing dead Germans. She had flown solo across the Atlanticyears ago, had ridden on horseback across Europe and fetched up at Lake Van. She haddriven racing cars, had once saved two children from a burning house, had severalmarriages to her credit and discredit and was said to be the second best-dressed woman inEurope. It was also said that she had successfully smuggled herself aboard a nuclearsubmarine on its test voyage.
It was therefore with the most intense interest thatMiss Marple sat up and indulged in a frankly avid stare.
Whatever she had expected of Bertram's Hotel, it wasnot to find Bess Sedgwick there. An expensive nightclub, or a lorry drivers' pull up – either of those would be quite inkeeping with Bess Sedgwick's wide range of interests. But thishighly respectable and old world hostelry seemed strangely alien.
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