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“We’veasgoodasgotthestonesnow，andwe’regoingthroughto-nightforaclean-upofallthatoldmess。Westakethewholething。Getme，Bertha-thewholething！I’mshowingmyhandforthefirsttime。Cloran’sthemanthat’smakingyouwearthoseclothes；Cloran’stheonlyonewhocouldgointothewitnessboxandswearthatyouwerethewomanwhomurderedDeemer；andCloran’sthemanwhohasbeenworkinghisheadofffortwoyearstofindyou。
We’vetriedadozentimestobumphimoffinawaythatwouldmakehisdeathappeartobeduepurelytoanaccident，andwedidn’tgetawaywithit；butwecanaffordtoleavethe’accident’outofitto-night，andgothroughforkeeps-andthat’swhatwe’regoingtodo。Andoncehe’soutoftheway-bymidnight-youcanheaveGypsyNanintothediscard。“
ItseemedtoRhodaGraythathorrorhadsuddenlytakenanumbingholduponhersensibilities。Danglarwastalkingaboutmurderingsomeman，wasn’the，sothatshecouldresumeagainthepersonalityofawomanwhowasdead？Hystericallaughterrosetoherlips。Itwasonlybyafranticeffortofwillthatshecontrolledherself。
Sheseemedtospeakinvoluntarily，doubtfulalmostthatitwasherownvoicesheheard。
“I’mlistening，“shesaid；“butIwouldn’tbetoosure。Cloran’sawarybird，andthere’stheWhiteMoll。“
Shecaughtherbreath。Whatsuicidalinspirationhadpromptedhertosaythat！Hadwhatshehadbeenlisteningtohere，thehorrorofit，indeedturnedherbrainandrobbedherofherwitstotheextentthatsheshouldinviteexposure？Danglar’sfacehadgoneamottledpurple；themisshapenthingatDanglar’ssidewasleeringathermostcuriously。
ItwasamomentbeforeDanglarspoke；andthenhishand，clencheduntilthewhiteoftheknucklesshowed，poundeduponthetabletopunctuatehiswords。
“Notto-night！“heraspedoutwithanoath。“There’snotachancethatshe’sinonthisto-night-theshe-devil！Butshe’snext！
Withthiscleanedup，she’snext！Ifittakesthelastdollarofto-night’shaul，andfiveyearstodoit，I’llgether，andget-“
“Sure！“mumbledRhodaGrayhurriedly。“Butyouneedn’tgetexcited！
Iwasonlythinkingofherbecauseshe’squeeredustillI’vegotmyfingerscrossed，that’sall。GoonaboutCloran。“
Danglar’scomposuredidnotreturnontheinstant。Hegnawedathislipsforamomentbeforehespoke。
“Allright！“hejerkedoutfinally。“Letitgoatthat！Itoldyoutheothernightinthegarretthatthingswerebeginningtobreakourway，andthatyouwouldn’thavetostaytheremuchlonger，butIdidn’ttellyouhoworwhy-youwouldn’tgivemeachance。I’lltellyounow；andit’sthemainreasonwhyI’vekeptawayfromyoulately。Icouldn’ttakeachanceofClorangettingwisetothatgarretandGypsyNan。“Hegrinnedsuddenly。
“I’vebeencultivatingCloranmyselfforthelasttwoweeks。We’requitepals！I’mforplayingtheluckeverytime！Whenthejewelsshowedupto-day，Ifiguredthatto-night’sthenight-see？
CloranandIaregoingtosuppertogetherattheSilverSphinxatabouteleveno’clock-andthisiswhereyoushedtheGypsyNanstuff，andshowupasyourownsweetself。Cloran’llbegladtomeetyou！“
Shestaredathimingenuineperplexityandamazement。
“ShowmyselftoCloran！“sheejaculatedheavily。“Idon’tgetyou！“
“Youwillinaminute，“saidDanglarsoftly。“You’rethebait-see？CloranandIwillbeatsupperandwatchingthefox-trotters。
Youblowinandshowyourself-Idon’tneedtotellyouhow，you’recleverenoughatthatsortofthingyourself-andtheminuteherecognizesyouasthewomanhe’sbeenlookingforthatmurderedDeeme
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