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Book Excerpt: wned by the Posts, and that Halsey Post, as the executor of the estate, was a more frequent visitor than the mere collection of the rent would warrant. Mrs. Boncour maintained a stolid silence that covered a seething internal fury when the newspaperman in question hinted that the landlord and tenant were on exceptionally good terms.It was after a fruitless day of such search that we were sitting in the reading-room of the Fairfield Hotel. Leland entered. His face was positively white. Without a word he took us by the arm and led us across Main Street and up a flight of stairs to his office. Then he locked the door."What's the matter?" asked Kennedy."When I took this case," he said, "I believed down in my heart that Dixon was innocent. I still believe it, but my faith has been rudely shaken. I feel that you should know about what I have just found. As I told you, we secured nearly all of Dr. Dixon's letters. I had not read them all then. But I have been going through them to-night. HereRead More
- | Author: Arthur B. Reeve
- | Publisher: Borgo Press
- | Publication Date: Aug 02, 2024
- | Number of Pages: 408 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1587152231
- | ISBN-13: 9781587152238
