the sphinx without a secret-第2章
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truth?'
'I do。'
'Then why did Lady Alroy go there?'
'My dear Gerald;' I answered; 'Lady Alroy was simply a woman with a
mania for mystery。 She took these rooms for the pleasure of going
there with her veil down; and imagining she was a heroine。 She had
a passion for secrecy; but she herself was merely a Sphinx without
a secret。'
'Do you really think so?'
'I am sure of it;' I replied。
He took out the morocco case; opened it; and looked at the
photograph。 'I wonder?' he said at last。