The Sphinx Without a Secret - The Young King - English Story Series - B1 Stage 3

‘Then why did Lady Alroy go there?' ‘My dear Gerald,' I answered, ‘Lady Alroy was simply a woman with a mania for mystery. She took these rooms for the pleasure of going there with her veil down, and imagining she was a heroine. She had a passion for secrecy, but she herself was merely a Sphinx without a secret.'  )