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"After you and the ladies left the dining-room," Varcek said, "Fred Dunmore turned to me and apologized for harboring unjust suspicions of me in the matter of Lane Fleming's death. He said that he had been unable to understand who else could have murdered Lane, until you had pointed out to him that the house could have been entered from the garage, and the gunroom from the library.
"Why, look here, Mr Maxwell. Just let me tell you all about it." And the old man, with perfect fairness and sufficient clearness, went into all particulars as to the state of Mr Fleming's affairs at the time of his son's death, and of Jacob's claims upon him.
'And this conference has been held? 'That's right. It took place in this hotel. 'The bargain was made, I suppose? 'It was. The pie was divided. 'And you didn't get a slice? 'Oh, I beg your pardon, I did! 'Then, why do you come to me and tell me all this if it's true? Honest indignation shone in Fleming's face. 'If it's true? Of course it's true. Why do I come to you?
Fleming's Husband' is actually produced. Just now" with a rather wistful smile "I don't seem to have a husband to call my own. Miss de Gervais claims so much of his time." Baroni's brow grew stormy. "Mees de Gervais? Of course! It is inevitable!" he muttered. "I knew it must be like that." Diana regarded him curiously. "But why?
Joan was always so satisfactory and cheerful and commonplace that she felt as though her mere presence in the house would serve to dispel the vague, indefinable atmosphere of suspicion that seemed closing round her. "I'll write to her at once." "Yes, do. If she can come next month, she will be here for the first night of 'Mrs. Fleming's Husband."
Staggered at my appearance, the match fell from Fleming's hand, and all was dark as before; but there was no more to be gained by darkness I had been discovered. "Jacob!" cried Marables. "Will not live to tell the tale," added Fleming, with a firm voice, as he put another match into the bottle, and then relighted the lamp. "Come," said Fleming, fiercely; "out of the cabin immediately."
I asked "I cannot say so much," he replied. And now admire the hand of Providence! A stranger is in Fleming's printing house, spies a proof on the floor, picks it up, and carries it to me. Of all things, it was just this libel.
'The Boss of New York? I heard before I left that he was at Carlsbad for his health. 'He was there, said Fleming mysteriously; 'but now The politician solemnly pointed downwards with his forefinger. 'What! Dead? cried Jennie, the ominous motion of Fleming's finger naturally suggesting what all good people believed to be the arch-thief's ultimate destination.
It was a serene evening when, the day after her landing, Lady Carse approached Widow Fleming's abode. The sun was going down in a clear sky; and when, turning from the dazzling western sea, the eye wandered eastwards, the view was such as could not but transport a heart at ease.
If he's pretty well, I want to have a talk with him anyway, and now will be as good a time as any. So don't you hurry back." "Well, I won't. But it doesn't seem worth while to go alone." "Yes, it does. And see here! You go over as far as Mrs Fleming's. She'll do you good, and maybe she'll let Katie come home with you to stay a day or two.
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