Mary Roberts Rinehart

Name: The Window at the White Cat — V. Little Miss Jane
Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Window at the White Cat — V. Little Miss Jane (1910)

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“The Window at the White Cat — V. Little Miss Jane”, published in 1910, is a work by Mary Roberts Rinehart. It explores elements such as Margery, Letitia and Jane.

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — V. Little Miss Jane (1910)

“ And as if to prove it conclusively, Margery picked up Miss Jane's new lace cap from the floor. It was crumpled and spotted with blood.
"She has been killed," Margery said, in a choking voice. "Killed, and she had not an enemy in the world!"
"But where is she?" I asked stupidly.
Margery had more presence of mind than I had; I suppose it is because woman's courage is mental and man's physical, that in times of great strain women always make the better showing. ”

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — V. Little Miss Jane (1910)

“ Thus exposed, the wall showed an opening about a foot square, and perhaps eighteen inches deep. A metal door, opening in, was unfastened and ajar, and just inside was a copy of a recent sentimental novel and a bottle of some sort of complexion cream. In spite of myself, I smiled; it was so typical of the dear old lady, with the heart of a girl and a skin that was losing its roses. But there was something else in the receptacle, something that made Margery Fleming draw in her breath sharply, and made Hunter raise his eyebrows a little and glance at me. ”

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — V. Little Miss Jane (1910)

“ It takes a short time to search an acre of lawn and shrubbery. There was no trace of the missing woman anywhere outside the house, and from Bella, as she sat at the foot of the front stairs with her apron over her head, I learned in a monosyllable that nothing had been found in the house. Margery was with Miss Letitia, and from the excited conversation I knew she was telling her—not harrowing details, but that Miss Jane had disappeared during the night. ”

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — V. Little Miss Jane (1910)

“ Margery persisted. "We think some one must have got in the house."
"If all her clothes are there she's been sleep-walking," Miss Letitia said calmly. "We used to have to tie her by a cord around her ankle and fasten it to the bedpost. When she tried to get up the cord would pull and wake her."
I think after a time, however, some of Margery's uneasiness communicated itself to the older woman. She finished dressing, and fumed when we told her we had locked Miss Jane's door and mislaid the key. Finally, Margery got her settled in the back parlor with some peppermints and her knitting ”

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — V. Little Miss Jane (1910)

“ I almost fell down the stairs."
"Did you brush past my door, and strike the knob?" she demanded.
"No, I was not near any door."
"Very well," triumphantly. "Some one did. Not only that, but they were in the store-room on the floor above. I could hear one person and perhaps two, going from one side of the room to the other and back again."
"You heard a goblin quadrille. First couple forward and back," I said facetiously.
"I heard real footsteps—unmistakable ones. The maids sleep back on the second floor, and—don't tell me it was rats. There are no rats in my Aunt Letitia's house." ”

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — V. Little Miss Jane (1910)

“ Over the high wooden mantel the Maitland who had been governor of the state years ago hung at a waggish angle, and a clock had been pushed aside and stopped at half-past one.
Margery stared around her in bewilderment. Of course, it was not until later in the day that I saw all the details. My first impression was of confusion and disorder: the room seemed to have been the scene of a struggle. The overturned furniture, the clothes on the floor, the picture, coupled with the print of the hand on the staircase and Miss Jane's disappearance, all seemed to point to one thing.
"She's gone! ”

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — V. Little Miss Jane (1910)

“ Knox," she said. "I have never seen Harry look like that. Something has happened to him."
"He was robbed of his traveling-bag," I explained, on Fred's theory that half a truth is better than a poor lie. "It's a humiliating experience, I believe. ”

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