CHAPTER THREE
THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF A DEATH IN CAIRO
The smokestack sent steam suffusing slowly above the train as it ground to a squawking halt at a platform in London. Travellers were crowded along the length of the siding and awaited the passengers to alight the carriages. Railway staff hurried along the length of the locomotive opening doors to enable the occupants to alight. Among those emerging onto the platform were Noella Bry and her