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Updated: May 11, 2025
When Parslett heard of what had happened in Multenius's back-parlour, he kept his knowledge to himself, and went and blackmailed the man. The man gave him that fifty pounds in gold to keep his tongue quiet no doubt arranging to give him more, later on and at the same time he cleverly poisoned him. That's my theory, Mr. Purdie." "Then the only question now is who's the man?" suggested Purdie.
Purdie, noting his nephew's puzzled distress. 'Hush, Robert! Allow me. I must break it gently to the boy. What a cruel fiascio! what a vexatious disappintment! 'Whaur's Christina? Macgregor demanded. 'Courage, boy! said Aunt Purdie in lofty tones. 'Remember you are a sojer soldier of the Queen or rather, King! 'But
She, too, looked at him: there was a question in the eyes of both. "What do you make of that?" asked Purdie after a pause. "What do you make of it?" she asked in her turn. "It looks odd but there may be a reason for it," he answered. "Look here! I'm going to ask you a question. What do you know of Mr. Levendale? You've been governess to his children for some time, haven't you?"
Here! there's a telephone box right there you go in now, and call those fellows up and tell 'em to come right along, quick!" He and Lauriston waited while Zillah went into the telephone box: she felt sure that Melky and Purdie would have returned to Praed Street by that time, and she rang up Mrs. Goldmark at the Pawnshop to enquire.
Nothing very startling so far, thought Purdie, at the end of the widow's evidence, and he wondered why Ayscough had sent them round. But more interest came with the next witness a smart, bustling, middle-aged man, evidently a well-to-do business man, who entered the box pretty much as if he had been sitting down in his own office, to ring his bell and ask for the day's letters.
Zillah replied that Mrs. Goldmark was worthy of entire confidence, and an old friend, and Melky presently returning with her, Purdie suggested they should all sit down and talk informally and in strict privacy. "You know why I'm concerning myself in this?" he said, looking round at his three companions. "I'm anxious that Andie Lauriston should be fully and entirely cleared!
"The elder Chatworth, Lord Crew, is a bachelor, but, of course, the ring reverted to him on Chatworth's death." "And Lord only knows," the judge broke in, "how it got shipped with Bessie's property. Crew was out of England at the time. He kept the wires hot about it, and they managed to keep the fact of what the ring was quiet but it got out to-day when Purdie found it was gone.
"Before Mr. Lauriston says anything about that," interrupted Purdie, "I want you to hear a story which this gentleman, Mr. Stuyvesant Guyler, of New York, can tell you. It's important it bears right on this affair. If you just listen to what he can tell "
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