The steel mirror by Donald Hamilton & Internet Archive

Author:Donald Hamilton & Internet Archive [Hamilton, Donald, 1916-]
Format: epub
Publisher: New York : Rinehart
Published: 1947-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

"But I understood that Miss Bethke gave her an alibi for the Stevens murder."

"Miss Bethke Hed," the doctor said without looking at the nurse. "Miss Bethke's job was to keep an eye on the patient. But Miss Bethke, unfortunately, was flirting with a number of young men at the punchbowl when the patient shpped away from the party. Going back to report her mistake to Mr. Nicholson, Miss Bethke heard him on the phone talking to the manager of a local department store where the patient was trying to cash a check. She saw the opportunity to conceal her lapse from duty, and hurried to the store. When I came there, sent by Mr. Nicholson, Miss Bethke gave me to beKeve that she had been following the patient all the time. At this time, of course, we knew nothing about the murder, which is why I took the step of leaving Miss Nicholson in your care. And Miss Bethke did not see fit to confess her little deceit until after our session with the poHce the following morning."

The blonde girl stood up and walked quickly to the dresser. "I didn't know anybody had been killed," she said. "My God! I'd been driving all night. I was dead for sleep, I was starving, my best dress was a wreck, and suddenly those damned poHcemen were shooting questions at me—"

The doctor said with false mildness, "And now, of course, we're all in the same boat with Miss Bethke, The poHce will never beheve that Mr. Nicholson and I were not aware of the truth. Our only hope is to get the patient committed to an institution, where she certainly belongs, and hope that the police will not feel it worth while to pursue the investigation against a suspect who cannot be convicted."

Emmett said, "Well, what was all this stuflF about where she got the drug with which she tried to kill herself?"

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