Hulbert Footner, The Three Thirty-Twos — Chapter 6 (1925)
“ Riverdale, as everybody knows, is not a “dale” at all, but a bold hill on the mainland, just to the north of Manhattan Island. On the one side it overlooks the Hudson river; on the other the flat expanse of the Bronx with Van Cortlandt Park. ”
Hulbert Footner, The Three Thirty-Twos — Chapter 6 (1925)
“ I showed him our order to view the place, and Mme. Storey expressed a wish to be shown the grounds first. Whereupon he handed us over to the second man, a sort of embryo butler; younger, fresh-faced; not yet able to subdue his curiosity and interest at the sight of a woman so beautiful as Mme. Storey. ”
Hulbert Footner, The Three Thirty-Twos — Chapter 6 (1925)
“ Once over the wall it was an easy climb through the dead leaves and thin undergrowth up to the pavilion. “If you followed that street back over the hill and down into the valley on the other side,” said Mme. Storey, “it would bring you out somewhere in the vicinity of the subway terminal at Van Cortlandt Park. That is the way he came. You cannot trace anybody on the subway.” She went on: “Now what did Whittall do with his wife's revolver?” ”
