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"My dear Miss Murdaugh," she read silently. "Will you believe me when I tell you that I am more than sorry I shall not be able to come to you to-day? I was caught in an annoying but superficial motor smash-up last night and the broken windshield has made a bizarre spectacle of me, but I shall be my normal self again in a few days. My sister, Mrs.
You were very kind to spend all that time searching for me, and to have come this long journey to tell me the truth about myself " "Not at all, my dear Miss Murdaugh!" The lawyer beamed. "It was a matter of business, you know, and I am gratified to have brought it to a successful conclusion, but aside from that I assure you that I am delighted to be of service."
In fact, belated but seemingly irrefutable documentary evidence appears to prove that you you are not Willa Murdaugh!" The girl stood like a statue, but from behind her Mrs. Halstead gasped convulsively, and there came a little squeal in Angie's treble tones. "Sit down, my dear." Ripley Halstead drew forward a chair and Willa sank obediently into it, her eyes never leaving those of the attorney.
Wiley must have learned there what I did, that Gentleman Geoff's last name was known to be Abercrombie, but Wiley didn't investigate deeply enough. "I did. I found that Gentleman Geoff Abercrombie had a most unsavory name there as a crooked gambler and card-sharp No, Miss Murdaugh, please don't protest!" Willa had turned upon him with flashing eyes.
She was quick-witted and adaptable; she would be a tremendous social success with a little expert coaching, and he ? A petroleum engineer, a mere cog in the wheel of a great corporation, without prospects other than might lie in the success of his present doubtful mission, could be of no future interest to Willa Murdaugh.
Fate seems to compel me to ignore your request that I obliterate myself from the scene," he added whimsically. "I will try not to intrude upon you more than I must, however, Miss Murdaugh." "Yes!" she responded softly. "In spite of my blindness and your pride, fate seems to have appointed you to the permanent job of knight-errant to the maiden in distress, hasn't it, Mr. Duenna?"
"Miss Murdaugh, I have an explanation to make for my disobedience of your injunction," he said stiffly. "I have deliberately followed you here, but it is only that I may put you in possession of certain facts which are of moment to you. Will you forgive me if I intrude upon you for an hour?" The brightness faded, and she bowed her head in silence.
All the rose shades are off the lights and the furniture is pushed back against the wall. Miss Murdaugh rang for me just now to take all the drapery and things out of the room, and I thought I had better come to you." Mrs. Halstead stepped forward, but stopped with a slight compression of her lips. "Very well, Katie. You may remove them, for the time being.
"I I suppose it wasn't just what a lady ought to have done " she began, apologetically. "It was wonderful!" Winthrop North's eyes shone. "You saw him stack up the cards on Pete Follinsbee, and then dug up that revolver and came in here to expose him! It's the gamest thing I ever heard of a girl doing! Congratulations, Miss Murdaugh!" Vernon pulled himself together, and held out his hand.
Should she prove to be indeed the owner of the Pool of the Lost Souls, I am confident that you can never gain possession of it." "I can try." He took the hand she held out to him. "You seem very sure, Miss Murdaugh." "I cannot imagine Tia Juana relinquishing anything which she could claim, especially if, as you surmise, the property may once have belonged to her ancestors.
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