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jersey dress which she had t, but, most unusually, she did Fpot open this to show it to Mrs] Dunbar. Itlis probable from the time she pas gone and the things she had to do in it that this dress had been ordered beforehand. Mrs. Dunbar does not think Melinda had had enough time to euiss and try on a dress of this in - An excited flurry Melinda gave Mrs, Dunbar 200 Swiss francs and probably had around 350 remaining in ber purse. When Melinda returned from her dash to the bank and the sipps there was a flurry of ex- cijement. It was already a little afer 3~the time they had piknned to leave—and they were ng nearly ready. he baby was awakened and dressed in her new little woollen jacket and shoes; the boys put on grey flannel suits; Melinda herself appeared in a black skirt and white blouse over which she wore a three-quarter-length bright blue Schiaparelli coat. « But Mrs, Dunbar was horri- fied when she saw the skirt; “For Heaven's sake, Melinda,” she said," you can’t go away in that dirty skirt.” So Melinda went off to change. Little Donald wanted to take some blue jeans Mrs. Dunbar had brought back from New rk for him; and at the Jast mfnute she noticed that the baby's favourite doll bad been lek behind. © 2.30 they were ready. Mra. ——— Dunbar kissed the children food- bye and told Melinda tp be careful. Melinda said she yould. and repeated that they woyld back early on Sunday evenigg. ‘There wag nothing emotion: or agitated in her demeanour. After the flurry and excitement of getting ready. she was calm and almost casual. In fact. in {ts ordinariness there was a striking similarity between her departure and that of Donald’ 27 months earlier; no one could” possibly have foretold that. Instead of going off to do exactly; what she said she was-—spend | as week-end with friends-+she w: Starting one of the Mos; momen. | tous atid dramatic journeys any woman would make : self-chosen exile behind the Iron Curtain | ‘ Her last words to her mother were, in fact, " Would you like me to ring vou up wheng] get there?” Mrs, Dunbar tgd her not to bother .. - She took | _the key | And at 330 pm. on Friday. Seplember 11, Melinda drove off with her three childreo—taking with her not only the three large keys to the apartment in the Rue des Alpes she was never to see again. but also the only key to the letter box. She was wearing a set of gold ¢lips and pin Mrs. Dunbar bought oer in Majorca And, hanging over her shoutder, still 1m the case tt pad hardly. if ever. left, was [the brand new camera Mrs. Dupbar bad bought for her ‘That was the last glimpse Mrs. “Dunbar had of her davghter. - [World copyright} : Q