We have lived
abroad many years and only returned to New York about six months ago.
This house came to me by inheritance. It was leased for ten years to a
family whom I never knew. My agent leased it. It stood idle for six
months, until I came and reopened it upon my return home about six
months ago."
"When you were abroad where did you reside principally?"
"In Paris; my niece attended school in France."
"I suppose you had a great many friends in Paris?"
"No, very few; I am not of a social turn at all. I do not seek friends.
I live a very secluded life for reasons which it is not necessary to
explain."
"Then there are none of your Paris friends whom you would suspect as the
author of that warning note?"
"No."
The detective re-read the note, examined it very carefully, and finally
said:
"We can form no suspicion from the note itself."
"No."
"Madam, have you an album?"
"Yes."
"Will you let me look at it?"
"For what purpose?"
"I wish to look at the pictures of some of the people you knew in
Paris.
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