Dead Man's Diary & a Taste for Cognac
“Meredith and Jake Sims. Lucy ushered them in. Shayne said, “Get your notebook, Lucy.” Then he said, “Good morning,” to Mrs. Meredith, and nodded to Sims.
Mrs. Meredith was perfectly groomed and alert. She advanced toward him with narrowed eyes and asked sharply, “Where is the diary?”
He took it from his pocket and laid it on the table, waving her to a seat beside his desk. Lucy came in with her notebook and he said to his visitors, “Excuse me while I dictate a memorandum agreement. The ...date, Lucy. U-m-m— “Agreement entered into this day between Mrs. Theodore Meredith and Michael Shayne relative to certain professional services performed and to be performed by said Michael Shayne in the matter of a legacy from the estate of the late Ezra Hawley which Mrs. Meredith claims and is desirous of acquiring.
“As payment for his professional services in substantiating her claim to the said estate, Mrs. Theodore Meredith hereby agrees to pay Michael Shayne the sum of ten thousand dollars if and when the estate legally comes into the possession of Mr.MoreLess
Mrs. Meredith was perfectly groomed and alert. She advanced toward him with narrowed eyes and asked sharply, “Where is the diary?”
He took it from his pocket and laid it on the table, waving her to a seat beside his desk. Lucy came in with her notebook and he said to his visitors, “Excuse me while I dictate a memorandum agreement. The ...date, Lucy. U-m-m— “Agreement entered into this day between Mrs. Theodore Meredith and Michael Shayne relative to certain professional services performed and to be performed by said Michael Shayne in the matter of a legacy from the estate of the late Ezra Hawley which Mrs. Meredith claims and is desirous of acquiring.
“As payment for his professional services in substantiating her claim to the said estate, Mrs. Theodore Meredith hereby agrees to pay Michael Shayne the sum of ten thousand dollars if and when the estate legally comes into the possession of Mr.MoreLess
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