[The Black Box by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookThe Black Box CHAPTER IX 11/52
Miss Lenora, I am glad to see, is completely recovered." "I am quite well, thank you, Mr.Ashleigh," Lenora replied.
"I am even forgetting that I ever had nerves.
I have been in the courthouse all the morning, and I even looked curiously at your garage as we drove up." "Very good--very good, my dear!" the Professor murmured.
"At the courthouse, eh? Were those charming friends of yours from Bethel being tried, Quest ?" Quest nodded. "Red Gallagher and his mate! Yes, they got it in the neck, too." "Personally," the Professor exclaimed, his eyes sparkling with appreciation of his own wit, "I think that they ought to have got it round the neck! However, let us be thankful that they are disposed of.
Their attack upon you, Mr.Quest, introduced rather a curious factor into our troubles.
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