Alm06 Who Killed the Husband?
“@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } >Chapter 11Lee called up the Gartrey apartment. A manservant answered. "I would like to speak to Miss Eliza Young," said Lee."What name, please?""Never mind my name. It's a personal matter." The voice hesitated. "The servants do not use the phone for personal calls, sir. Mrs. Gartrey's orders.""It is rather important," said Lee."Hold the wire a moment, please. I will find out." After a considerable wait Lee heard Agnes Gartrey's cold,... crisp voice on the wire. "What is it?" Smiling to himself, he quietly hung up. She was always on guard!At eight o'clock he called again. He figured that at this hour Mrs. Gartrey would certainly be at dinner, and the manservant presumably waiting on the table. Though he had obeyed orders, the man had probably told Eliza of the call for her and she would be on the qui vive for another. A female voice answered on the wire."I would like to speak to Miss Eliza Young, please.""This is she."Lee smiled at his success.MoreLess
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