The Mystery & Suspense Novella MEGAPACK® by Fletcher Flora & H. Bedford-Jones & Jacques Futrelle & Edwin Balmer

Author:Fletcher Flora & H. Bedford-Jones & Jacques Futrelle & Edwin Balmer [Flora, Fletcher]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Mystery, detective, murder, sleuth, crime
ISBN: 9781479426331
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2017-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

“My husband has consulted you, Mr. Trant, regarding the—the trouble that has come upon us, the—the disappearance of his son, Edward,” she asked.

“Why do you not say at once, Mrs. Eldredge, that you know he has consulted me and asked me to come and examine you this afternoon? You must have learned it through his secretary.”

The woman hesitated. “It is true,” she said nervously. “Miss Webster telephoned me. I see that you have not forgotten that I was once my husband’s stenographer, and—I still have friends in his office.”

“Then there is something you want to tell me that you cannot tell in the presence of the others?”

The woman turned, her large eyes meeting his with an almost frightened expression, but she recovered herself immediately. “No, Mr. Trant; it is because I know that he—my husband—that no one is making any search, or trying to recover Edward—except through watching me.”

“That is true, Mrs. Eldredge,” the psychologist helped her.

“You must not do that too, Mr. Trant!” she leaned toward him appealingly. “You must search for the boy—my husband’s boy! You must not waste time in questioning me, or in trying me with your new methods! That is why I came to see you—to tell you, on my word of honor, that I know nothing of it!”

“I should feel more certain if you would be frank with me,” Trant returned, “and tell me what happened on that afternoon before the child disappeared.”

“We went motoring,” the woman replied.

“Before you went motoring, Mrs. Eldredge,” the psychologist pressed, “what happened?”

She shrank suddenly, and turned upon him eyes filled with unconquerable terror. He waited, but she did not answer.

“Did not some one tell you,” the psychologist took a shot half in the dark, “or accuse you that you were taking the child out in order to get rid of him?”

The woman fell back upon the cushions, chalk-white and shuddering.

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