Summary

In “Masquerade” (122) Juliet was invited to a party by Mrs. Scaife at a fancy house in Pall Mall. Perry gave her a pair of diamond earrings to wear, which were to be returned the next day. At the party, Juliet saw Clarissa, who said the MI5 code phrase, “Can I tempt you” (125). She explained that she was invited because of her father, the duke, who was a Fascist. Juliet went snooping around the upstairs room of the house and was discovered by the man in the astrakhan-collared coat she had seen in the park picking up Godfrey Toby's newspaper. She introduced herself as Iris Carter-Jenkins, and he responded, “Do be careful, Miss Armstrong” (128). The next morning, Juliet went to the jewelry store to return the diamond earrings and ran into Mrs. Scaife. She quickly left (without returning the earrings...