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CHAPTER I. In Which Are Introduced a Theatre-Audience and a Corpse 3 II. In Which One Queen Works and Another Queen Watches 12 III. In Whic…
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“Why is this policeman keeping us here, Mr. Panzer? I’ve a right to leave, I should like you to know! I don’t care if an accident did happe…
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A ticket stub colored blue and bearing the inscription “LL32 Left,” he secreted in his own vest pocket. Without pausing to examine any of t…
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“Oh, yes, sir. He said LL32 Left, and sure enough that’s where I found him.” “Quite right.” The Inspector, after a pause, asked casually, “…
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“Oh, absolutely, Inspector. They’ve been with the theatre ever since it was built. You may be sure that nothing will be overlooked. What sh…
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Morgan laughed. “Was pretty nice, at that,” he admitted. “But those days are over, I’m afraid, Inspector. You know—I’m not in the criminal…
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District Attorney Henry Sampson winked as he slumped into an armchair. “Doctors,” he said didactically, “doctors give me a pain in the neck…
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“Well, what about them?” challenged Ellery. “We certainly can draw no definite conclusions from either their conversation or their actions.…
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She jumped forward as if to come to grips with the old man. Ritter lumbered swiftly toward her and squeezed her arm. “Here you,” he growled…
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“Sir?” Michaels seemed upset by the question. “That’s mine, sir,” he confided. “I was just going away this morning on my vacation and I’d a…
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“Sure thing, Thomas,” said Queen. “And while you’re out bring me the list you made last night containing the names of the people who had no…
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“Softly there, Morgan,” said Queen. “Although I gather our mutual friend was a good deal of a skunk, your remarks might be overheard by a l…
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“My story is not as illuminating, perhaps, as you might like it to be, Inspector,” answered Frances quietly, in the deep hush that followed…
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Queen nodded. “Well, that seems to settle it,” he said heavily. “It looks as if we’re up against a blank wall on this tetra ethyl lead busi…
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“This is excellent!” Panzer’s voice came over the wire in a tremulous eagerness. “Do you want me to come down to the theatre at once? I’ll…
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The Inspector was keenly interested. He thought over Ellery’s statement for a moment. Then he said seriously, “That’s getting us somewhere,…
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“I couldn’t for the moment grasp the significance of her attitude,” said Inspector Queen. “To think that she knew, while we have been fumbl…
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“Not much, you don’t,” growled Cronin, shifting his feet savagely on the rug. “You ought to be able to guess. I’m up against a blank wall i…
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“The chandeliers,” muttered Cronin doubtfully, gazing upward at the heavily bronzed fixture above their heads. “By jinks—the canopy over th…
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“And—?” “He found absolutely nothing.” Ellery gripped his father’s arm and led him to the chair by the bed. The old man slumped into it, hi…
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“You know I’m on the square, Inspector,” mumbled Michaels sullenly. “You don’t have to—” “Just a precaution, Michaels—just an elementary pr…
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“What tophats were there whose presence was not out of the ordinary—so natural and in so natural a place that they were not even questioned…
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“It is not so complicated as it seems at first hearing,” returned the Inspector. “Remember that Barry is an exceptionally clever young man…