The Fall of White City (Gilded Age Mysteries book 1)
“Evangeline stood in the doorway of the resident accountant’s office on Tuesday afternoon.
Jacob Sidley failed to notice her. He was seated at a desk, huddled over a mound of ledger books. Adding-machine paper littered the desk and snaked its way to the floor, apparently in the hope of eventually making an escape through the door when the list of numbers grew long enough. Sidley seemed to be lost in the mathematical impossibility of reconciling the settlement’s funds against its too plentiful ex...penses. Evangeline heard him muttering to himself. “But that can’t be. I told them not to present that bill until next week! Now what’s to be done?”
“Ah-hem!” Evangeline coughed again to make her presence known. Sidley jerked his head up and stared at her blankly. His mind was apparently still so focused on debits and credits that he hadn’t made the mental connection to the person standing in front of him. After a few more seconds, a look of surprise replaced the scowl on his face.MoreLess
Jacob Sidley failed to notice her. He was seated at a desk, huddled over a mound of ledger books. Adding-machine paper littered the desk and snaked its way to the floor, apparently in the hope of eventually making an escape through the door when the list of numbers grew long enough. Sidley seemed to be lost in the mathematical impossibility of reconciling the settlement’s funds against its too plentiful ex...penses. Evangeline heard him muttering to himself. “But that can’t be. I told them not to present that bill until next week! Now what’s to be done?”
“Ah-hem!” Evangeline coughed again to make her presence known. Sidley jerked his head up and stared at her blankly. His mind was apparently still so focused on debits and credits that he hadn’t made the mental connection to the person standing in front of him. After a few more seconds, a look of surprise replaced the scowl on his face.MoreLess
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