[The Daffodil Mystery by Edgar Wallace]@TWC D-Link bookThe Daffodil Mystery CHAPTER XII 9/15
"Will you please take me back ?" She saw his embarrassment and was quick to understand its cause. "You--you have a warrant, haven't you ?" He nodded. "On the charge of--murder ?" He nodded again.
She looked at him in silence for some moments. "I shall be ready in half an hour," she said, and without a word the detective left the room. He made his way back to the doctor's sanctum, and found that gentleman awaiting him impatiently. "I say," said the doctor, "that's all bunkum about this girl being wanted as a witness.
I had my doubts and I looked up the Scotland Yard warning which I received a couple of days ago.
She's Odette Rider, and she's wanted on a charge of murder." "Got it first time," said Tarling, dropping wearily into a chair.
"Do you mind if I smoke ?" "Not a bit," said the doctor cheerfully.
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