bare and speckless as a hospital ward. Mme. Storey said lightly:
\"Among the different versions of the story which have been going the rounds, there was one to the effect that you hired a gunman to do the deed.\"
\"How absurd!\" said the doctor, half-amused, half-angry. \"How on earth would I set about to hire a gunman?\"
\"Have you never known a man of that sort?\" asked Mme. Storey carelessly.
Dr. Portal suddenly checked himself. \"Why...why,
bare and speckless as a hospital ward. Mme. Storey said lightly:
\"Among the different versions of the story which have been going the rounds, there was one to the effect that you hired a gunman to do the deed.\"
\"How absurd!\" said the doctor, half-amused, half-angry. \"How on earth would I set about to hire a gunman?\"
\"Have you never known a man of that sort?\" asked Mme. Storey carelessly.
Dr. Portal suddenly checked himself. \"Why...why,
