![]() ![]() ![]() “We’ll see about that,” said Daisy, glaring at him. “But that doesn’t make you the better detective society.” “Four murder cases, we know,” said George. ![]() And if it does come to murder, then Hazel and I will certainly have the advantage. “I admit that this case does not so far contain a death,” Daisy went on. I suppose the grown-ups at the other tables thought we were only children, playing at being businesslike-but if they knew what we were really talking about, they would be terribly surprised. Although Daisy is nearly fifteen now, tall and slender and with a most fashionable new fur-collared coat, my face is still round, and I am still disappointingly short. It was just Daisy, Alexander, George, and myself, and as we sat there, I wondered if we would look odd to the grown-ups around us. It was two days before Christmas, and we were sitting in Fitzbillies tea rooms in Cambridge. ![]()
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