Designs in Crime
“Nancy shouted, at the same time throwing her arms around Bess and sweeping them both back toward the front door.
They landed on the cold cement threshold just as Nancy heard the thud of the body hitting the pavement nearby.
“Ouch!” Bess said, sitting up and rubbing her elbow. “What happened?”
Nancy steeled herself to check on the body. For a moment she thought her eyes were playing tricks on her, then she sighed with relief. On the sidewalk, in the spot where she and Bess had been standing, lay... a dress form clothed in a muslin gown, its metal stand bent from the fall.
“That’s a relief,” Nancy said, brushing herself off as she nodded at the dressmaker’s dummy. “I thought that was a person falling out of the window.”
Bess grimaced. “I’m glad you were wrong,” she said, “but that thing still came within a foot of clobbering us.”
Nancy looked up at the building just in time to see the huge window three stories up being slammed shut. “It came from the fourth floor,”MoreLess
They landed on the cold cement threshold just as Nancy heard the thud of the body hitting the pavement nearby.
“Ouch!” Bess said, sitting up and rubbing her elbow. “What happened?”
Nancy steeled herself to check on the body. For a moment she thought her eyes were playing tricks on her, then she sighed with relief. On the sidewalk, in the spot where she and Bess had been standing, lay... a dress form clothed in a muslin gown, its metal stand bent from the fall.
“That’s a relief,” Nancy said, brushing herself off as she nodded at the dressmaker’s dummy. “I thought that was a person falling out of the window.”
Bess grimaced. “I’m glad you were wrong,” she said, “but that thing still came within a foot of clobbering us.”
Nancy looked up at the building just in time to see the huge window three stories up being slammed shut. “It came from the fourth floor,”MoreLess
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