Ellery Queen - 1931 - The Dutch Shoe Mystery by Ellery Queen

Author:Ellery Queen [Queen, Ellery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-01-15T12:07:50+00:00

Morehouse said angrily, “There’s nothing in the house here that can help you. I have all her business papers and those things. Why don’t you leave . . . .”

Morehouse bent over Hulda. She looked up at him.

They left the room together, quickly.

* * *

The old butler was summoned. He had a wooden face but extraordinarily bright little eyes.

“Your name is Bristol?” said the Inspector briskly. “Yes, sir. Harry Bristol.”

“You realize that I expect you to tell the exact truth?” The man blinked. “Oh, yes, sir!”

“Very well, then.” The Inspector tapped Bristol’s quiet livery with a punctuating forefinger. “Mrs. Doorn and Sarah Fuller quarreled frequently?”

“I—well, sir . . . ”

“Didn’t they?”

“Well . . . Yes, sir.”

“What about?”

A helpless look crept into the man’s eyes. “I don’t know, sir. They were always arguing. We heard them sometimes. But we never knew the reason. Just—they were just unpleasant to each other.”

“And you’re sure no one belowstairs knew why?”

“No, sir. They were always careful, it seemed to me, not to quarrel before the help, sir. Always in Mrs. Doom’s rooms, or in Miss Fuller’s.”

“How long have you been serving here?”

“Twelve years, sir.”

“That’s all.”

Bristol bowed and walked sedately out of the library.

They rose.

“How about this Fuller woman again, Inspector?” said Harper. “Seems to me she might be put on the grill.”

Ellery shook his head violently. “Let her alone. She won’t run away.

Pete, I’m surprised at you. We’re not dealing with a thug or a normal citizen. She’s a mental case.”

They left the house.

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