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The Mayor’s Wife

CHAPTER XI
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It will look as well cemented as the rest, but if you throw water against it, you will find that in a little while you will be able to pry it out.

Take something to do this with, a knife or a pair of scissors.

When the brick falls out, feel behind with your hand and you will find the box." "A questionable task.

What if I should be seen at it ?" "The ghost will protect you!" Again that smile of mingled sarcasm and innuendo.

It was no common servant girl's smile, any more than her language was that of the ignorant domestic.
"I believe the ghost fails to walk since the present tenants came into the house," I remarked.
"But its reputation remains; you'll not be disturbed." "Possibly not; a good reason why you might safely undertake the business yourself.


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