The Almost Perfect Murder



\"Have those keys ever been out of your possession?\" she asked.

\"No.\"

\"Was there ever another key?\"

\"No.\"

I could no longer keep still. I was in a state approaching collapse myself. \"You are convicting yourself!\" I cried to him.

\"Oh, what does it matter?\" he said.

My mistress gave me a curious glance of pity. I didn't want pity from her. In the condition of mind that I was in, she represented the enemy. \"When


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\"Have those keys ever been out of your possession?\" she asked.

\"No.\"

\"Was there ever another key?\"

\"No.\"

I could no longer keep still. I was in a state approaching collapse myself. \"You are convicting yourself!\" I cried to him.

\"Oh, what does it matter?\" he said.

My mistress gave me a curious glance of pity. I didn't want pity from her. In the condition of mind that I was in, she represented the enemy. \"When


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