[Tenterhooks by Ada Leverson]@TWC D-Link bookTenterhooks CHAPTER I 20/23
I admit it.
Of course, it's really Hamilton Gardens.Sorry.Yet somehow I'm rather glad Mitchell doesn't live in that house.' 'You are perfectly right,' said Edith: 'the bankruptcy of an old friend and colleague could be no satisfaction to any man.' Hamilton Gardens was a gloomy little place, like a tenement building out of Marylebone Road.
Bruce, in trying to ring the bell, unfortunately turned out all the electric light in the house, and was standing alone in despair in the dark when, fortunately the porter, who had been out to post a letter, ran back, and turned up the light again....
'I shouldn't have thought they could play musical crambo here, 'he called out to Edith while he was waiting.
'And now isn't it odd? I have a funny kind of feeling that the right address is Hamilton House.' 'I suppose you're perfectly certain they don't live at a private idiot asylum ?' Edith suggested doubtfully. On inquiry it appeared the Mitchells did not live at Hamilton Gardens. An idea occurred to Edith, and she asked for a directory. The Winthrop Mitchells lived at Hamilton Terrace, St John's Wood. 'At last!' said Bruce.
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