"You see, Schmidt," I said, looking around to make sure no one was trying to sneak up on me, "Madame Helga went into hiding after she was burned so badly years ago. You might not have known that since you weren't in this country yet. But after the dormant Immoral Society was resurrected, and you wanted Madame Helga to go back to her old ways of recruiting chickies for your little parties, she couldn't take being around so many beautiful girls. It reminded her of what she used to be. And she snapped and started killing them."
Schmidt just stared...