Egyptian Cross Mystery
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WHEN ELLERY WALKED UP the gravel path of Bradwood the next morning he saw District Attorney Isham’s car parked in the driveway. There was a grim expectancy in the faces of the detectives standing about. With a suspicion that something of importance was occurring, he hurried up the steps of the colonial porch and into the house.
He brushed by a pale Stallings and made for the drawing room. There he found a wolfishly grinning Isham and a most menacing Inspector Vaughn confronting Fox, the gardener-chauffeur. Fox was standing before Isham, a silent figure, his hands tightly clenched; only his eyes betrayed his perturbation. Mrs. Brad, Helene, and Jonah Lincoln were at one side, like the Three Fates.
“Come in, Mr. Queen,” said Isham pleasantly. “You’re just in time. Fox, you’re caught with the goods. Why not speak up?”
Ellery advanced softly into the room. Fox did not stir. Even his lips were taut. “I don’t understand,” he said, but it was apparent that he did understand, and that... he was bracing himself for a blow.MoreLess
WHEN ELLERY WALKED UP the gravel path of Bradwood the next morning he saw District Attorney Isham’s car parked in the driveway. There was a grim expectancy in the faces of the detectives standing about. With a suspicion that something of importance was occurring, he hurried up the steps of the colonial porch and into the house.
He brushed by a pale Stallings and made for the drawing room. There he found a wolfishly grinning Isham and a most menacing Inspector Vaughn confronting Fox, the gardener-chauffeur. Fox was standing before Isham, a silent figure, his hands tightly clenched; only his eyes betrayed his perturbation. Mrs. Brad, Helene, and Jonah Lincoln were at one side, like the Three Fates.
“Come in, Mr. Queen,” said Isham pleasantly. “You’re just in time. Fox, you’re caught with the goods. Why not speak up?”
Ellery advanced softly into the room. Fox did not stir. Even his lips were taut. “I don’t understand,” he said, but it was apparent that he did understand, and that... he was bracing himself for a blow.MoreLess
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