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My eyes wandered around the
room. A Sphinx, a Medusa's head, two bizarre columns, the stone heads of two
huge lions. All of which raised my curiosity even further.
"You are, no doubt, talking
about solving real mysteries?" I asked.
She followed my gaze. She
was obviously a very good observer, because her next question hit me head-on:
"You're not afraid, are
you?"
Motionless and without a
word, I looked at her. Maybe a little longer than I normally would. There's not
much that would unsettle me:
"Afraid? Not really. Just a
thought."
"Try to put it into words,"
she encouraged me gently.
"If I acquire some secret
information, won't it change my own life?"
"That depends entirely on
you, what you decide to do with it."
She was right. I smiled, and so did she:
"Let's say that, for a
couple of hours, you're going to be a real mystery hunter, but without the risk
of anyone trying to take your life."
I was absolutely enchanted.
That was the moment when my mind was firmly made up, that I just couldn't miss
such an extraordinary experience.