The Almost Perfect Murder

we went to a sort of club on the second storey of a building. There were only men in this place. It was the headquarters of the stick-up fraternity, Tito said, and while we knocked the balls around a pool table, he told me who the different men were, and described their hair-raising exploits. Everyone was wanted by the police.\"

Mme. Storey smiled at him indulgently. \"Did anybody speak to your friend here?\"

\"No.\"

\"Humph!\" she said,


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we went to a sort of club on the second storey of a building. There were only men in this place. It was the headquarters of the stick-up fraternity, Tito said, and while we knocked the balls around a pool table, he told me who the different men were, and described their hair-raising exploits. Everyone was wanted by the police.\"

Mme. Storey smiled at him indulgently. \"Did anybody speak to your friend here?\"

\"No.\"

\"Humph!\" she said,


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