"A BIT THICK, I call it," Pollard looked round the group; "here's Mellen been dead six weeks now, and the mystery of his taking-off still unsolved."
"And always will be," Doctor Davenport nodded. "Mighty few murders are brought home to the villains who commit them."
"Oh, I don't know," drawled Phil Barry, an artist, whose dress and demeanor coincided with the popular idea of his class. "I've no head for statistics," he went on, idly drawing caricatures on the margin of his evening paper as he talked, "but I think they say that only one-tenth of one per cent, of the murderers in this great and glorious country of ours are ever discovered."
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"And always will be," Doctor Davenport nodded. "Mighty few murders are brought home to the villains who commit them."
"Oh, I don't know," drawled Phil Barry, an artist, whose dress and demeanor coincided with the popular idea of his class. "I've no head for statistics," he went on, idly drawing caricatures on the margin of his evening paper as he talked, "but I think they say that only one-tenth of one per cent, of the murderers in this great and glorious country of ours are ever discovered."
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"A BIT THICK, I call it," Pollard looked round the group; "here's Mellen been dead six weeks now, and the mystery of his taking-off still unsolved."
"And always will be," Doctor Davenport nodded. "Mighty few murders are brought home to the villains who commit them."
"Oh, I don't know," drawled Phil Barry, an artist, whose dress and demeanor coincided with the popular idea of his class. "I've no head for statistics," he went on, idly drawing caricatures on the margin of his evening paper as he talked, "but I think they say that only one-tenth of one per cent, of the murderers in this great and glorious country of ours are ever discovered."
"And always will be," Doctor Davenport nodded. "Mighty few murders are brought home to the villains who commit them."
"Oh, I don't know," drawled Phil Barry, an artist, whose dress and demeanor coincided with the popular idea of his class. "I've no head for statistics," he went on, idly drawing caricatures on the margin of his evening paper as he talked, "but I think they say that only one-tenth of one per cent, of the murderers in this great and glorious country of ours are ever discovered."
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| BN ID: | 2940163014804 |
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| Publisher: | V F Editions |
| Publication date: | 07/02/2020 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 169 KB |
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