“She looked up and down the corridor. The hallway was empty. There was no one in sight.“Too late,” Nancy said, coming back into the room. “He got away.”She sat down on the sofa and held the note under the lamp beside her, examining it closely. It was typewritten on a piece of plain cream-colored notepaper with a thin blue line printed down the left margin—nothing very significant there. But as Nancy turned it sideways, against the light, she noticed what seemed to be indentations in the paper.“L...ook,” she said, pulling out her magnifying glass, “I think this paper was under another piece of paper when somebody wrote on it. Whatever was written on that top sheet left an impression here.”“Oh?” Ned asked, leaning over her shoulder. “What does it say?”“I don’t know,” Nancy said. “I can’t quite make it out.” She glanced up. “We need some tissue paper.”“I bought a blouse today,” George said. “The salesclerk wrapped it in tissue paper. What are you going to do with it?”“An old detective trick,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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