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You really shouldnt touchanything around here, Vance, at this stage of the
game. Picking up the case, he pressed it wide open and tapped it on thetable.
I
certainly wont take you in dressing gownand bedroom slippers.
In the rear of
the room, near the dining room door, stood two othermen talking earnestly
together. Dinwiddie had come in right after the inspector and phoned you
atonce.
In the rear of the room, near the dining room door, stood two othermen
talking earnestly together. Nobody never got in through those windows. Im in a
great hurry and merely dropped by tokeep my promise. In fact, Iwouldnt be here
now if Major Benson hadnt phoned me and asked meto lend a hand.
Picking up the
case, he pressed it wide open and tapped it on thetable. Theadded clarity of
vision it gave him seemed subtly to affect hisclarity of mind. The message, of
course, was relayed to headquarters. You really shouldnt touchanything around
here, Vance, at this stage of the game.
This ought to give us a good lead, said
Markham, indicating thehandkerchief.
Nobody never got in through those windows.
Ive assigned Sergeant Heath to the case, Mr.
This was the last she had seen him
alive.
You really shouldnt touchanything around here, Vance, at this stage of
the game. He was about sixty, with white hair and a brownmoustache, and was
immaculately dressed. Platz that he would not be home for dinner that
evening.
In this chair reposed the body of Alvin Benson. By this time, Ithink,
he had entirely forgiven Vance for destroying the cigarettebutt. I was to
witness this transformation many timesbefore our association ended.
Ive got
troubles enough withoutyour garbled questions.
How about twelve thirty for the
exact time?
Theres no other wayhe could have entered.
But theres a bit of lip
rouge on the end ofthe cigarette.
Dinwiddie accepted the assignment eagerly.
You dont want it specially,do you, Sergeant? Maybe those cigarettes came out of
thatcase, he suggested. Vance lifted his eyes in decorous astonishment. Look
after these two gentlemen, will you, Dinwiddie?
Doremus examined itcarefully
for other wounds. He shook hands with Markham and Inspector OBrien, andgave
Heath a friendly salutation.
Nobody in the car, or anyone hanging aroundwho
might have been the owner?
The only remaining devotees of the practice are
roués and saxophoneplayers.
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