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The House of the Whispering Pines

BOOK THREE
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That cut is guarded by a door, which was locked that night.

You needed the key to that door more than the one to the stable.
Why didn't you take it ?" "I--I did." "You haven't said so." "I--I took it when I took the other." "Are you sure ?" "Yes; they both hung on one nail.

I grabbed them both at the same time." "It does not appear so in your testimony.

You mentioned a key, not keys, in all your answers to my questions." "There were two; I didn't weigh my words.

I needed both and I took both." "Which of the two hung foremost ?" "I didn't notice." "You took both ?" "Yes, I took both." "And went straight out with them ?" "Yes, to the stable." "And then where ?" "Through the adjoining grounds downtown." "You are sure you went through Mr.Fulton's grounds at this early hour in the evening ?" "I am positive." "Was it not at a later hour, much later, a little before eleven instead of a little before nine ?" "No, sir.


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