The Almost Perfect Murder

for the purpose of entrapping him. On the other hand I felt a kind of fierce joy in the young man's desperate situation. It seemed to bring me a little closer to him. If the whole world abandons him I will still be his friend! I told myself.

XI

After a while Henry Varick raised his head, and said with a kind of weary defiance: \"Well, suppose I did see my father yesterday afternoon? What of it?\"

\"Nothing,\" said Mme. Storey


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for the purpose of entrapping him. On the other hand I felt a kind of fierce joy in the young man's desperate situation. It seemed to bring me a little closer to him. If the whole world abandons him I will still be his friend! I told myself.

XI

After a while Henry Varick raised his head, and said with a kind of weary defiance: \"Well, suppose I did see my father yesterday afternoon? What of it?\"

\"Nothing,\" said Mme. Storey


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