Mary Roberts Rinehart

Name: The Window at the White Cat — XII. My Commission
Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Window at the White Cat — XII. My Commission (1910)

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“The Window at the White Cat — XII. My Commission”, published in 1910, is a work by Mary Roberts Rinehart. It explores elements such as Margery, Fred and Edith.

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — XII. My Commission (1910)

“ Edith threw back triumphantly. "And it's a perfectly beautiful solitaire, too."
I caught Fred's eye on me, and the very speed with which he shifted his gaze made me uncomfortable. I made my escape as soon as I could, on the plea of going out to Bellwood, and in the hall up-stairs I met Margery.
"I saw Bella to-day," she said. "Mr. Knox, will you tell me why you stayed up last night? What happened in the house?"
"I—thought I heard some one in the library," I stammered, "but I found no one."
"Is that all the truth or only part of it?" she asked. "Why do men always evade issues with a woman?" ”

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — XII. My Commission (1910)

“ The boys were romping noisily in the nursery. Down-stairs Fred and Edith were having their Sunday afternoon discussion of what in the world had become of the money from Fred's latest book. Margery and I sat down on the stairs, and, as well as I could remember the details, I told her what had happened at the White Cat. She heard me through quietly.
"And so the police have given up the case!" she said despairingly. "And if they had not, Harry would have been arrested. Is there nothing I can do? Do I have to sit back with my hands folded?" ”

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — XII. My Commission (1910)

“ I dined in the middle of the day at Fred's, and felt heavy and stupid all afternoon as a result of thus reversing the habits of the week. In the afternoon I had my first conversation with Fred and Edith, while Margery and the boys talked quietly in the nursery. They had taken a great fancy to her, and she was almost cheerful when she was with them.
Fred had the morning papers around him on the floor, and was in his usual Sunday argumentative mood.
"Well," he said, when the nursery door up-stairs had closed, "what was it, Jack? Suicide?" ”

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — XII. My Commission (1910)

“ By the time the public has wiped it out of its eyes and sneezed it out of its nose and coughed it out of its larynx, the dust has settled in a heavy layer, clues are obliterated, and the public lifts its skirts and chooses another direction. ”

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — XII. My Commission (1910)

“ A cousin of the dead man, an elderly bachelor named Parker, appeared that morning and signified his willingness to take charge of the house during that day. The very hush of his voice and his black tie prompted Edith to remove Margery from him as soon as she could, and as the girl dreaded the curious eyes of the crowd that filled the house, she was glad to go.
It was Sunday, and I went to the office only long enough to look over my mail. ”

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — XII. My Commission (1910)

“ If the man I had been following had so chosen, he could have made away with me in any one of a dozen unpleasant ways—he could have filled me as full of holes as a sieve, or scalded me, or done anything, pretty much, that he chose. ”

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — XII. My Commission (1910)

“ He smiled at me quizzically from his desk.
"How does the other fellow look?" he inquired, and to my haltingly invented explanation of my battered appearance, he returned the same enigmatical smile.
That day was uneventful. Margery and Edith came to the house for about an hour and went back to Fred's again. ”

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — XII. My Commission (1910)

“ If it had been a murder, under peculiar circumstances—"
He stopped and gripped my arm.
"For ten cents," he said gravely, "I would tell the chief and a few others what I think of them. And then I'd go out and get full."
"Not on ten cents!"
"I'm going out of the business," he stormed. "I'm going to drive a garbage wagon: it's cleaner than this job. Suicide! I never saw a cleaner case of—" He stopped suddenly. "Do you know Burton—of the Times-Post?"
"No: I've heard of him."
"Well, he's your man. They're dead against the ring, and Burton's been given the case. He's as sharp as a steel trap. ”

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Window at the White Cat — XII. My Commission (1910)

“ In reply he took me into a tiny office, containing a desk and two chairs, and separated by an eight-foot partition from the other room.
"This is the best we have," he explained cheerfully. "Newspapers are agents of publicity, not privacy—if you don't care what you say."
I liked Burton. ”

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