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The tea tray was ready, the toast crisp and hot, but the summons of the bell was unusually delayed. When the clock pointed to fifteen minutes past the hour Ferdinand tapped on Embury's door. A few moments later he tapped again, rapping louder. Several such attempts brought no response, and the valet tried the door. It would not open, so Ferdinand went to Eunice's door and knocked there.
Ernest went out as soon as this unlucky repast was over to hear Dr. Embury's report of his patients, and we passed a dreary evening, as my mind was preoccupied with longing for his return. The more I tried to think. of something to say the more I couldn't. At last Martha asked at what time we breakfasted. "At half-past seven, precisely," I answered. "Ernest is very punctual about breakfast.
"Now, Miss Ames," Stone began, "in Mrs, Embury's presence, I'll ask you " "You won't ask me anything, sir," she returned crisply. "I'm going out. I've a very important errand to do." "Oh, I don't know about that," Elliott said; "it's almost six o'clock, Aunt Abby. Where are you going?" "I've got an errand a very important errand an appointment, in fact. I must go don't you dare oppose me, Mason.
Let those who had anything to say, he observed, speak out openly, and then we should know where we were. Embury's answer, that one could generally guess where some people were, and not be far wrong, was drowned in the ecclesiastical applause which greeted the rising of the Squire. The Squire said that he er hadn't er intended er to say anything.
She was his she gave them no encouragement such things aren't done " Fifi's eyes rolled upward "and, I only tell you, to show you that there are, at least, other directions in which to look!" "But let me see Mr. Hendricks was in Boston at the time of Mr. Embury's death." "Then that lets him out. And Mr. Elliott? Where was he?" "I haven't made definite inquiry. Probably he "
Elliott; but when we've proved no outsider could get into Mr. Embury's room, why look for outside motives?" "It seems only fair, to my mind, that such motives should be looked into. Now, for instance, Embury was candidate in a hotly contested coming election " "That's so," cried Hendricks; "look for your murderer in some such connection as that." "Election to what? "growled Shane.
And as it is a blot on his memory, I do not want the matter made public." "I understand that, Mr. Elliott neither do I. But sposin' the discovery of the murderer hinges on that very thing that very branch of Mr. Embury's business then mustn't it be looked into?" "Perhaps it must but not by you." "No, sir, By F. Stone."
"What do you mean?" asked the dull-witted Shane. "That they repented at leisure. At least, Eunice did I don't believe Sanford ever regretted." "But those two men are Embury's friends." "Sure they are! Oh, friend Shane, were you born yesterday? I thought detectives were a little more up-to-date than that!
"If you two women can be proved innocent, nobody will be more glad than me," Shane announced, in a hearty way, that was really generous after Eunice's treatment of him. "But it beats me to see how it can be proved. You admit, ma'am, nobody could get into Mr. Embury's room, except you and Miss Ames, don't you?"
I fully believe you saw what you call a 'vision. But you have thought over it and brooded over it, until you think you saw more than you did or less! But, leaving that aside for the moment, I want you to realize that your theory of suicide, based on the 'vision' is not logical. Supposing your niece were guilty as the detectives think might not Mr. Embury's spirit have pursued the same course?"
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