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The Chief Legatee

CHAPTER III
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They came quickly enough.
"What have you got?
Have you found the man ?" "Yes.

And the lady's been to see him; that is, if the description of her togs was correct." "He means Mrs.Ransom," explained Gerridge.

Then, as he marked his client's struggle for composure, he quietly asked, "A lady in a dark green suit with yellowish furs and a blue veil over her hat ?" "That's the ticket!" "The clothes worn by the woman who went out of the basement door, Mr.
Ransom." The latter turned sharply aside.

The shame of the thing was becoming intolerable.
"And this woman wearing those yellow furs and the blue veil visited the man of the broken jaw ?" inquired Gerridge.
"Yes, sir." "When ?" "About six this afternoon." "And where ?" "At the hotel St.Denis where I have since tracked him." "How long did she stay ?" "About an hour." "In the parlor or--" "In the parlor.

They had a great deal to say.


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