Arrow Pointing Nowhere
“I don’t mean that I’m more intelligent than the others, but they haven’t my reasons for thinking that you didn’t merely happen to pass by. Cousin Mott told you this afternoon, didn’t he, that we thought Alden tore the picture out of the book?”
“And that you thought Alden killed your dog.”
“He didn’t agree with me about that. Let’s sit down, Mr. Gamadge; but first will you close the door into the hall? You’ll be able to see straight through the front drawing room; we shan’t have eavesdro...ppers from that direction.”
Gamadge closed the door; it faced the entrance to the library, and as he came back to the fire and sat down opposite Caroline he wondered afresh why Mott Fenway had been killed. He was sure they couldn’t have been overheard that afternoon, unless the Fenway house were a trick house where privacy was an illusion and the walls had ears.
“I thought your cousin rather minimized the dangers of being listened in on,”MoreLess
“And that you thought Alden killed your dog.”
“He didn’t agree with me about that. Let’s sit down, Mr. Gamadge; but first will you close the door into the hall? You’ll be able to see straight through the front drawing room; we shan’t have eavesdro...ppers from that direction.”
Gamadge closed the door; it faced the entrance to the library, and as he came back to the fire and sat down opposite Caroline he wondered afresh why Mott Fenway had been killed. He was sure they couldn’t have been overheard that afternoon, unless the Fenway house were a trick house where privacy was an illusion and the walls had ears.
“I thought your cousin rather minimized the dangers of being listened in on,”MoreLess
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