The Avenger 18 - Death in Slow Motion
“And the clearer view made her pretty doubtful about the value of following her.
She had rarely see a more common, average-looking, inoffensive person.
The woman might have been forty-five or she might have been fifty-five. Rather tall, she probably weighed a hundred and forty pounds, and it was a rather shapeless, broad-beamed hundred and forty.
Her clothes were faded and showed a patch here and there. Her shoes were cracked, and there were whitish traces of soap, which confirmed th...e guess that she was one of the city’s myriad scrubwomen. If so, she might be going to work in some big building, now, though it was a little later than such work is usually commenced.
Her face was thinner than her body warranted, and had only one look on it. A look of tiredness. Altogether, certainly no suspect in this gigantic affair of a whole industry on the verge of being disrupted.
The woman took a downtown subway, getting off at Chambers Street.MoreLess
She had rarely see a more common, average-looking, inoffensive person.
The woman might have been forty-five or she might have been fifty-five. Rather tall, she probably weighed a hundred and forty pounds, and it was a rather shapeless, broad-beamed hundred and forty.
Her clothes were faded and showed a patch here and there. Her shoes were cracked, and there were whitish traces of soap, which confirmed th...e guess that she was one of the city’s myriad scrubwomen. If so, she might be going to work in some big building, now, though it was a little later than such work is usually commenced.
Her face was thinner than her body warranted, and had only one look on it. A look of tiredness. Altogether, certainly no suspect in this gigantic affair of a whole industry on the verge of being disrupted.
The woman took a downtown subway, getting off at Chambers Street.MoreLess
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