Isabel Ostrander

Name: The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 7
Author: Isabel Ostrander

The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 7 (1919)

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“The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 7”, published in 1919, is a work by Isabel Ostrander. It explores elements such as cake, Margot and sitting.

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 7 (1919)

“ I took this box which you see here—and which had come but that morning with a purchase of Madame's—placed the cake in it and put it away as she directed, in a corner of the highest shelf in the closet in her dressing-room. Madame did not speak of it again, but from that moment a change came upon her. I, watching her, could see it as no one else could. Through all the holiday entertainments she was feverishly gay, but it was as if the heart had gone out of her, and often when I came with her coffee in the morning, I knew that she had not slept. ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 7 (1919)

“ I saw no letter, no one. I only know that when it was all over and the guests departed, I went to Madame's room to arrange her for the night and found her huddled upon the hearth before the little grate fire in her sitting-room in a worse state of collapse than I had ever seen her. She did not hear me when I spoke to her, did not seem to know me when I touched her, and the face she lifted to mine was like the face of one already dead; all but her eyes! They were bright and gleaming with a—a terrible light in them! Mon Dieu! ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 7 (1919)

“ Margot began. "Deep trouble, which grew greater as time passed, but I never dreamed that danger threatened her or I should have told Monsieur, I swear it! No one can ever know how heavenly kind Madame has been to me, how much I loved her. Madame was second only to the good God himself! After the Germans came and my home was destroyed, my parents killed before my eyes and I fled with others to England, Madame found me and was, oh! so good! She brought me to this great country with her, and I—I would have given my life for her, Messieurs! ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 7 (1919)

“ The dressing-room was undisturbed."
"Do you realize, my girl, that in persisting in such a story you are drawing suspicion upon yourself? The room was ransacked, your mistress killed and her body removed from the house, and you are still attempting to claim that the room was in order immediately thereafter, when we ourselves found it later bearing unmistakable signs of the struggle that had taken place!"
"I claim it only because it is the truth, Monsieur," Margot reiterated. "Why should I lie about a thing which must certainly have been discovered? ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 7 (1919)

“ Inspector Druet shrugged and motioned toward the door.
"Very well, my girl, if that's the line you mean to take, we are wasting time here. I want you to come with me."
"I am under arrest, Monsieur?" She drew herself up proudly.
"Not yet," the Inspector retorted significantly. "You're coming back to the other house and see for yourself how useless it is for you to persist in your lies. You've told us half the truth; you'd better come across with the rest or it will be the worse for you."
Margot bowed her head. ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 7 (1919)

“ Not that one—" she pointed to the receptacle containing the huge cake, "but another covered with white glazed paper with gilt edges and corners, such as confectioners use, only there was no name upon it nor card within. It arrived late in the afternoon, I remember, when Madame, worn out with the last of her Christmas shopping, was having tea alone in her own sitting-room. Henri called me and placed the box on my hands and I took it to Madame. Many gifts had arrived during the day and believing it to be just another like the rest, Madame opened it. ”

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Isabel Ostrander, The Twenty-Six Clues — Chapter 7 (1919)

“ She turned pale, so pale that I feared she would faint again and the marks were on my arm for days where she clung to me to steady herself, to keep from collapsing in your presence——"
"Good heavens! I do recall it!" Jarvis exclaimed. "I stopped to give some directions to the chauffeur and my wife went on into the house. When I turned to the steps, a boy standing there touched his cap and handed a small fiat package to me, saying that the lady had dropped it. ”

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