Death From a Top Hat (2012)
“David Duvallo—from an interview in the New York American, August 17, 1937 GAVIGAN BRIGHTENED PERCEPTIBLY, BUT he said nothing, waiting. Duvallo began speaking rapidly, self-assured once more, his voice colored with condescension as if lecturing a class of not too bright pupils.
“If you remember I said that I couldn’t have gotten out of here, leaving the layout as you found it. I didn’t say no one could. Watch!”
Omitting the conjurer’s usual polite request for the loan of a gentleman’s handkerch...ief, he reached out and deftly flipped the brown-bordered one from the Inspector’s breast pocket He shook it out, and, gripping it in both hands, gave it a quick twist that ripped it in half. Discarding one piece, which he deliberately dropped to the floor, he calmly proceeded to tear the remaining portion again into halves.
“Suppose that I’m the murderer.” He spoke coldly and with obvious sarcasm. “After killing Sabbat, I lock and bolt the living room door, and poke this piece of cloth,”MoreLess
“If you remember I said that I couldn’t have gotten out of here, leaving the layout as you found it. I didn’t say no one could. Watch!”
Omitting the conjurer’s usual polite request for the loan of a gentleman’s handkerch...ief, he reached out and deftly flipped the brown-bordered one from the Inspector’s breast pocket He shook it out, and, gripping it in both hands, gave it a quick twist that ripped it in half. Discarding one piece, which he deliberately dropped to the floor, he calmly proceeded to tear the remaining portion again into halves.
“Suppose that I’m the murderer.” He spoke coldly and with obvious sarcasm. “After killing Sabbat, I lock and bolt the living room door, and poke this piece of cloth,”MoreLess
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