The Almost Perfect Murder

hard and bitter: 'You shan't!' Then the slam of the door, and Mr. Henry was gone!\" Gabbitt made a dramatic pause.

\"Go on,\" said Mme. Storey.

\"It had happened before,\" he resumed, \"and I didn't take it so serious. Not until yesterday morning, that is, when the Commodore's lawyer turned up and a new will was made.\"

\"Oh, a new will.\"

\"Yes, ma'am. That had happened before, too. But on former occasions the lawyer had been called in and instructions given him,


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hard and bitter: 'You shan't!' Then the slam of the door, and Mr. Henry was gone!\" Gabbitt made a dramatic pause.

\"Go on,\" said Mme. Storey.

\"It had happened before,\" he resumed, \"and I didn't take it so serious. Not until yesterday morning, that is, when the Commodore's lawyer turned up and a new will was made.\"

\"Oh, a new will.\"

\"Yes, ma'am. That had happened before, too. But on former occasions the lawyer had been called in and instructions given him,


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