Unholy Alliance
“Cobb cried when Marc broke the news to him at quarter to five in the library. “Ya mean to tell me we ain’t got the bugger by the short hairs no more?”
“Or any other hairs,” Marc said. “If the crime was set up sometime between ten o’clock and midnight, as we’ve surmised, then Austin Bragg is in the clear. But there’s still Harkness, remember. Bragg could be part of a conspiracy.
Though it’s not likely, the Amontillado could have been doctored with some other laudanum and given to Chilton long be...fore last night.”
Cobb sighed, and let his dripping helmet drop to the carpet. “My news ain’t so good either.”
“Let’s hear it anyway. The only thing that counts, alas, is the truth.”
Cobb proceeded to give a detailed account of his visit with Mrs. Sturdy, leaving out only her allusion to the vomit on his boots.
“Burford?” Marc said when Cobb had finished.
“It would take a day and a half to get there, check out Harkness’s story, and get back here.”
“That’s the way I figure it too.MoreLess
“Or any other hairs,” Marc said. “If the crime was set up sometime between ten o’clock and midnight, as we’ve surmised, then Austin Bragg is in the clear. But there’s still Harkness, remember. Bragg could be part of a conspiracy.
Though it’s not likely, the Amontillado could have been doctored with some other laudanum and given to Chilton long be...fore last night.”
Cobb sighed, and let his dripping helmet drop to the carpet. “My news ain’t so good either.”
“Let’s hear it anyway. The only thing that counts, alas, is the truth.”
Cobb proceeded to give a detailed account of his visit with Mrs. Sturdy, leaving out only her allusion to the vomit on his boots.
“Burford?” Marc said when Cobb had finished.
“It would take a day and a half to get there, check out Harkness’s story, and get back here.”
“That’s the way I figure it too.MoreLess
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