The Almost Perfect Murder



\"That's not mine! I never saw it before! I don't own such a thing! I don't know how it got into my pocket! You put it there yourself!\"

\"That's what they all say,\" remarked the Inspector wearily.

\"I swear it! I swear it!\" she screamed.

\"Don't swear to me,\" he said. \"You'll have plenty of it to do later.\"

She raved and beat her breast, but whether it was innocent or guilty terror I declare I could not tell. After all,


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\"That's not mine! I never saw it before! I don't own such a thing! I don't know how it got into my pocket! You put it there yourself!\"

\"That's what they all say,\" remarked the Inspector wearily.

\"I swear it! I swear it!\" she screamed.

\"Don't swear to me,\" he said. \"You'll have plenty of it to do later.\"

She raved and beat her breast, but whether it was innocent or guilty terror I declare I could not tell. After all,


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