duncomb's

Updated: May 28, 2025

There were some half-dozen packets of money in the box, each sealed with black wax and set aside for particular purposes after Mrs Duncomb's death. Other sums, greater in quantity than those contained in the packets, were earmarked in the same way.

Victor MacClure - She Stands Accused

Mrs Rhymer, who, as we have seen, was likelier than anyone to recognize it, would not swear it was the green purse that had been in Mrs Duncomb's black box. There was, however, no doubt at all about the tankard. It had the initials ``C. D. engraved upon it, and was at once identified as Mrs Duncomb's.

Victor MacClure - She Stands Accused