From his inside breast pocket he took an envelope and handed it to her. I was looking over her shoulder. It was a cheap commercial envelope of the sort that is sold by the million. It had come through the mail. It was addressed in block letters very painstakingly formed:
INSPECTOR RUMSEY
POLICE HEADQUARTERS
CITY
Inside there was a little slip of white paper on which was lettered in the same manner:
COMMODORE VARICK WAS POISONED
From his inside breast pocket he took an envelope and handed it to her. I was looking over her shoulder. It was a cheap commercial envelope of the sort that is sold by the million. It had come through the mail. It was addressed in block letters very painstakingly formed:
INSPECTOR RUMSEY
POLICE HEADQUARTERS
CITY
Inside there was a little slip of white paper on which was lettered in the same manner:
COMMODORE VARICK WAS POISONED
