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was late when we arrivedyet Kennedy had no hesitation in calling at the quaint home of Mrs. Courtney
Woods on Woodridge Avenue.
Mrs. Woodsa well-set-up woman of middle agewho had retained her youth and good looks in a r [link widoczny dla zalogowanych][link widoczny dla zalogowanych]rkable
mannermet us in the foyer. BrieflyKennedy explained that we had just come in from Pittsburgh with Mr.
Denison and that it was very important that we should see Haughton at once.
We had hardly told her the object of our visit when a young woman of perhaps twenty-two or threea very
pretty girlwith all the good looks of her mother and a freshness which only youth can possesstiptoed quietly
downstairs. Her face told plainly that she was deeply worried over the illness of her fiance.
Who is itmother?
she whispered from the turn in the stairs. "Some gentlemen from the company? Hartley's
door was open when the bell rangand he thought he heard something said about the Pittsburgh affair."
Though she had whisperedit had not been for the purpose of concealing anything from usbut rather that the
keen ears of her patient might not catch the words. She cast an inquiring glance at us.
Yes responded Kennedy in answer to her look [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], modulating his tone. We have just left Mr. Denison at the
office.yilai:
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