[The Four Pools Mystery by Jean Webster]@TWC D-Link bookThe Four Pools Mystery CHAPTER XVIII 5/16
You may think it unfair to judge a man from his physical appearance, but I wish you could once see Cat-Eye Mose yourself, and you would know what I mean.
The people around here are used to him and don't notice it so much, but his eyes are yellow--positively yellow, and they narrow in the light just like a cat's.
One night he drove Radnor and me home from a party, and I could actually see his eyes shining in the dark.
It's the most gruesome thing I ever saw; and take that on top of his habits--he carries snakes around in the front of his shirt--really, one suspects him of anything." "I hope he isn't dead," Terry murmured wistfully.
"I'd like a personal interview." He sat sunk down in his chair for several minutes intently examining the end of his fountain pen. "Well," he said rousing himself, "it's time we had a shy at the ghost. We must find out in what way Radnor and Mose were connected with him, and in what way he was connected with the robbery.
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