The Almost Perfect Murder

again with streaming eyes. \"Because I was a bad son to him! a bad son! And now I can never make it up to him!\"

His mother heard his voice and came running in from her bedroom, followed by her secretary. She precipitated herself into her son's arms. From his protective attitude one might have supposed him to be the parent.

\"Poor little mother!\" he crooned. \"Poor little mother! This is hard on you!\"

But a strange thing


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again with streaming eyes. \"Because I was a bad son to him! a bad son! And now I can never make it up to him!\"

His mother heard his voice and came running in from her bedroom, followed by her secretary. She precipitated herself into her son's arms. From his protective attitude one might have supposed him to be the parent.

\"Poor little mother!\" he crooned. \"Poor little mother! This is hard on you!\"

But a strange thing


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