The Secret Adversary

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"But I can't."

"What?"

"I haven't got them."

"You--haven't--got them?" Julius punctuated the words with little
pauses.

"No--I hid them."

"You hid them?"

"Yes. I got uneasy. People seemed to be watching me. It scared
me--badly." She put her hand to her head. "It's almost the last thing I
remember before waking up in the hospital...."