The Almost Perfect Murder



Mr. Punch wiggled his hump comically. \"You don't know the half of it, my boy,\" he retorted good-naturedly; \"that ornament gives me personality.\"

A laugh went around the table. It was at this moment that Harlequin, in a moment of forgetfulness, raised his mask, and I saw that we were in for trouble.

There was a silence while the two women across the table slowly stiffened. There was a great contrast in their appearance—the


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Mr. Punch wiggled his hump comically. \"You don't know the half of it, my boy,\" he retorted good-naturedly; \"that ornament gives me personality.\"

A laugh went around the table. It was at this moment that Harlequin, in a moment of forgetfulness, raised his mask, and I saw that we were in for trouble.

There was a silence while the two women across the table slowly stiffened. There was a great contrast in their appearance—the


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