"You're going, of course?" Dundee had asked. "Then, during the
discussion of the case, I wish you'd try to get the answers to some
questions which need clearing up--if you can do so without getting
yourself 'in Dutch' with your friends.... Fine! Got a pencil?... Here
goes!"
And now he was re-reading the "report" she had conscientiously written
and left on his desk Tuesday morning:
"Peter, declaring he wanted to get at the bottom of this case, presided
almost like a judge on the bench, and asked nearly every question you
wanted the answer to. Everyone in the crowd adores gruff old Peter and
no one dreamed of resenting his barrage of questions. What a detective
_he_ would make!
"First: Janet admitted that she did not go directly to the front porch
when she left the living room after her table finished the last rubber.
Went first to the hall lavatory to comb her hair and renew her make-up.
Said she was there alone about five minutes, then went to the front
porch. (Revised her story after Tracey had said he did not see her on
the porch when he arrived.)
"Second: Judge Marshall said he glanced into the living room when he
arrived, saw Karen, Carolyn and me absorbed in our game, and went on
down the hall, to hang up his hat and stick.
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