Murder On Fifth Avenue: a Gaslight Mystery (2012)
“DID SHE REALLY THINK anyone would accept such a ridiculous story?
“Mother, that hardly seems—”
“Enough, Paul. No one is interested in your opinion. Felix, I’m afraid I’m going to have to instruct the staff to stop admitting you. Every time you come, something awful has happened.” She smiled as if to show she was joking, but Decker did not return it.
“So it seems. Mr. Malloy will need to question the staff before he leaves tonight.”
“Is that really necessary? I won’t have them upset. The house h...as been in an uproar for a week already.”
“They will probably feel better if they think the police are going to sort it all out.”
“Is that what you do, Mr. Malloy? Sort things out?” she asked.
“I try.”
“I can’t imagine what good it will do, but I don’t suppose that will stop you, will it?”
She could have stopped him, but Frank chose not to inform her of that. “If Roderick killed himself, maybe he said something to one of the other servants or maybe one of them noticed something.”MoreLess
“Mother, that hardly seems—”
“Enough, Paul. No one is interested in your opinion. Felix, I’m afraid I’m going to have to instruct the staff to stop admitting you. Every time you come, something awful has happened.” She smiled as if to show she was joking, but Decker did not return it.
“So it seems. Mr. Malloy will need to question the staff before he leaves tonight.”
“Is that really necessary? I won’t have them upset. The house h...as been in an uproar for a week already.”
“They will probably feel better if they think the police are going to sort it all out.”
“Is that what you do, Mr. Malloy? Sort things out?” she asked.
“I try.”
“I can’t imagine what good it will do, but I don’t suppose that will stop you, will it?”
She could have stopped him, but Frank chose not to inform her of that. “If Roderick killed himself, maybe he said something to one of the other servants or maybe one of them noticed something.”MoreLess
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