The White Cottage Mystery (1975) - Plot & Excerpts
I think I’ll return to my inquiries in the next room.’ W.T. replaced the telephone receiver as he spoke. He had just ‘phoned for a general call to be put out concerning the missing Cellini. For a moment Jerry did not speak, but looked round the room and shuddered. ‘Mrs Christensen –?’ began Jerry doubtfully. ‘Well, yes,’ said the old man. ‘She’s got a secret, you know – it may be important, but it may not. That’s the worst of women in a case like this, Jerry. What they think is serious and worth hiding may be the most idiotic damn’ silly thing in the world, and yet they’ll go and run their heads straight into a noose rather than give it away.’ He paused, staring moodily in front of him. When he spoke again his tone was like some old lawyer’s vexed over a moot point. ‘And there’s that,’ he said suddenly. ‘Did you ever see anything so absurd as that?’ Jerry followed the direction of his gaze and saw that he was looking at the gun still lying on the table.
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