The Secret Adversary

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"I never suspected it at all," lamented Tuppence. "I've always thought
I was so much cleverer than Tommy--but he's undoubtedly scored over me
handsomely."

Julius agreed.

"Tommy's been the goods this trip! And, instead of sitting there as dumb
as a fish, let him banish his blushes, and tell us all about it."

"Hear! hear!"

"There's nothing to tell," said Tommy, acutely uncomfortable. "I was an
awful mug--right up to the time I found that photograph of Annette, and
realized that she was Jane Finn. Then I remembered how persistently she
had shouted out that word 'Marguerite'--and I thought of the pictures,
and--well, that's that. Then of course I went over the whole thing to
see where I'd made an ass of myself."