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Maruja

CHAPTER X
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I'll go so far as to say I don't believe that Mrs.Saltonstall had anything to do with that murder, but, as a business man, I'm bound to say that these circumstances and her own indiscretion are quite enough to bring the biggest pressure down on her.

I wouldn't want any better 'bear' on the market value of her rights than this.

Take it at its best.

Say that the Coroner's verdict is set aside, and a charge of murder against unknown parties is made--" "One moment, Mr.Prince," said Carroll.

"I shall be one of the first to insist that this is done, and I have confidence enough in Mrs.
Saltonstall's honest friendship for the Doctor to know that she will lose no time in pursuing his murderers." Prince looked at Carroll with a feeling of half envy and half pity.


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