The Almost Perfect Murder

to me until a few days ago. I was content to leave it to the police.\"

\"Never came close to you?\" said my employer. \"What do you mean by that?\"

He answered her indirectly. His agitation was visibly increasing. \"True, the morning after the tragedy,\" he said, \"Mrs. McComb, who was in a highly hysterical state, accused me in veiled terms of being responsible for her husband's death. I was inexpressibly shocked by the scene,


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to me until a few days ago. I was content to leave it to the police.\"

\"Never came close to you?\" said my employer. \"What do you mean by that?\"

He answered her indirectly. His agitation was visibly increasing. \"True, the morning after the tragedy,\" he said, \"Mrs. McComb, who was in a highly hysterical state, accused me in veiled terms of being responsible for her husband's death. I was inexpressibly shocked by the scene,


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