Chapter 23 Summary

Jessica rings Ducane's doorbell. A small man opens the door and Jessica tells him that she is from the interior decorator's office and she needs to measure Mr. Ducane's bedroom. The man leads Jessica upstairs. Once alone, she begins to search the room, looking for evidence of Ducane's mistress. She believes that if a woman had been in Ducane's bedroom some sign of her would still be here, so she looks through his wardrobe, smells his pillow and goes through his drawers. However, she finds nothing in the bedroom or in the bathroom.

Jessica runs back into the bedroom, growing more and more desperate. She is certain that Ducane has a mistress. She begins to search the floor when she sees two male feet. The man from earlier tells her that he didn't think she was from the interior decorator's office and that...