and down her cheeks.
Presently she spoke again, rather
breathlessly.
“The awful thing is that it makes
everything come right. I mean, Gerald and I
can get married now. I can do everything that
I want to do. But I hate it happening this
way. I don’t want Father to be dead. … Oh I
don’t. Oh Daddy-Daddy. . . .”
For the first time since he had come to
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Yewtree Lodge, Inspector Neele was startled
by what seemed to be genuine grief for the
dead man.
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