The Almost Perfect Murder



\"You cannot tell me anything they did?\"

\"Nothing, except I heard they had tea sent out to the pavilion.\"

\"Who served it?\"

\"The butler would be at the tea-wagon, Madame, and the second man serving.\"

\"What were the relations, generally, between Mr. and Mrs. Whittall?\" asked Mme. Storey.

Mary looked uncomfortable. She said in a low voice: \"They were living apart, Madame—though under the same roof, since before I came. They never quarrelled before the servants,


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\"You cannot tell me anything they did?\"

\"Nothing, except I heard they had tea sent out to the pavilion.\"

\"Who served it?\"

\"The butler would be at the tea-wagon, Madame, and the second man serving.\"

\"What were the relations, generally, between Mr. and Mrs. Whittall?\" asked Mme. Storey.

Mary looked uncomfortable. She said in a low voice: \"They were living apart, Madame—though under the same roof, since before I came. They never quarrelled before the servants,


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