Missing From Home
“she stammered. “But Pat would never—do anything—like that. There wasn’t the least reason. She—we—”“Oh, there’s no suggestion of suicide,” the policeman assured her promptly. “Don’t go scaring yourself with ideas like that. The fact that there was little but her passport in the bag suggests that someone else had been through it. Someone pinched the bag, took anything of value that was in it and then threw it away; probably from a speeding car. It happens every day of the week,” he added, with a ...resigned sigh for the standards of honesty prevailing in an era when crime and illness are so naively confused.“Oh—Marilyn gave a great gasp of relief—“of course! I hadn’t thought of that.”“The loss hasn’t been reported yet, and we’d like to get in touch with your sister as soon as possible, to establish the facts of the theft and her ownership of the passport. You say she’s with friends, but you’re not sure which friends?”Marilyn nodded cautiously.“Perhaps you could give me a few suggestions?”“I would if I could.”MoreLess
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