The Affair Next Door
“Van Burnam's door.
The witness, who was a melancholy chap, kept his stand on the east side of the Square. At about twenty minutes to twelve, he was awakened from a nap he had been taking on the top of his coach, by a sharp rap on his whip arm, and looking down, he saw a lady and gentleman standing at the door of his vehicle.
"We want to go to Gramercy Park," said the lady. "Drive us there at once." "I nodded, for what is the use of wasting words when it can be avoided; and they stepped at once into the coach." "Can you describe them—tell us how they looked?" "I never notice people; besides, it was dark; but he had a swell air, and she was pert and merry, for she laughed as she closed the door." "Can't you remember how they were dressed?" "No, sir; she had on something that flapped about her shoulders, and he had a dark hat on his head, but that was all I saw." "Didn't you see his face?" "Not a bit of it; he kept it turned away. He didn't want nobody looking at him. She did all the bus...iness." "Then you saw her face?" "Yes, for a minute.MoreLess
The witness, who was a melancholy chap, kept his stand on the east side of the Square. At about twenty minutes to twelve, he was awakened from a nap he had been taking on the top of his coach, by a sharp rap on his whip arm, and looking down, he saw a lady and gentleman standing at the door of his vehicle.
"We want to go to Gramercy Park," said the lady. "Drive us there at once." "I nodded, for what is the use of wasting words when it can be avoided; and they stepped at once into the coach." "Can you describe them—tell us how they looked?" "I never notice people; besides, it was dark; but he had a swell air, and she was pert and merry, for she laughed as she closed the door." "Can't you remember how they were dressed?" "No, sir; she had on something that flapped about her shoulders, and he had a dark hat on his head, but that was all I saw." "Didn't you see his face?" "Not a bit of it; he kept it turned away. He didn't want nobody looking at him. She did all the bus...iness." "Then you saw her face?" "Yes, for a minute.MoreLess
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