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Ob Strike selbst Robin in Elins Gegenwart als seine Sekretärin bezeichnet hatte? War die »Partnerin« nur so dahingesagt gewesen, um sie zu beschwichtigen?
Perhaps, Robin thought, Strike himself had told Elin that she was his secretary. Perhaps calling her partner had been a sop to her, a mere figure of speech.
Doch dann sagte ich mir, dass Aurora das mit Morris Slade einfach so dahingesagt hatte, ebenso wie die Bemerkung, Miss Isabel Barnett sei vollkommen unzuverlässig.
But then I told myself that Aurora just tossed this out about Morris Slade the way she tossed the comment out about Miss Isabel Barnett being completely undependable.
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