in 1953 , as i began my full-time translation of petyr van abel 's letters , i read the contemporary reports regarding twelve-year-old deirdre as they poured in i sent the investigators after every scrap of information 'dig , ' i said 'tell me all about her from the very beginning there is nothing i do not want to know ' i called juliette milton personally i told her i would pay well for anything extra she could turn up .