That Affair
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共 22 段- "Just what I said, sir. It was empty till about midnight, wh
- I have made sensations in my life, but never quite so marked
- I know Mr. Gryce well enough now to be sure that he did not
- It was the _World_ I handed the Misses Van Burnam when they
- "Doctor, we are indebted to you for your valuable testimony,
- "Yes, for they were very simple. She had on what is called a
- "It was in my endeavors to prevent the match that I saw so m
- "I acknowledge that I was the person who accompanied her int
- "Yes; long enough to hunt for the keys and get over my aston
- This was encouraging, and ignoring their momentary distrust,
- "You don't think so very bad of me, do you, ma'am?"
- I don't think this reassured her much, lunatics not being su
- "She came on the very day I advertised; the eighteenth--yes,
- When every spot was exhausted I sat down and began to brood
- "Yes, ma'am; it was my fault, ma'am. She was in bed so quiet
- "But you led us a chase, madam; I must acknowledge that you
- "You have read Poe's story of the filigree basket?" he now s
- "Outwitted by a woman! Well, it's a new experience for me, I
- I did not know what reply to make to this. Everything which
- "You find me quite well, Miss Butterworth. For this I am par
- "My father, who was no fool, and who saw the selfish quality
- "I was on the threshold of the parlor, to which I had groped