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"
Just
come
in
,
"
said
the
maid
,
unsuspectingly
,
and
indicated
a
reception-room
on
the
right
.
Alderson
took
off
his
soft
,
wide-brimmed
hat
and
entered
.
When
the
maid
went
up-stairs
he
immediately
returned
to
the
door
and
let
in
Butler
and
two
detectives
.
The
four
stepped
into
the
reception-room
unseen
.
In
a
few
moments
the
"
madam
"
as
the
current
word
characterized
this
type
of
woman
,
appeared
.
She
was
tall
,
fair
,
rugged
,
and
not
at
all
unpleasant
to
look
upon
.
She
had
light-blue
eyes
and
a
genial
smile
.
Long
contact
with
the
police
and
the
brutalities
of
sex
in
her
early
life
had
made
her
wary
,
a
little
afraid
of
how
the
world
would
use
her
.
This
particular
method
of
making
a
living
being
illicit
,
and
she
having
no
other
practical
knowledge
at
her
command
,
she
was
as
anxious
to
get
along
peacefully
with
the
police
and
the
public
generally
as
any
struggling
tradesman
in
any
walk
of
life
might
have
been
.
She
had
on
a
loose
,
blue-flowered
peignoir
,
or
dressing-gown
,
open
at
the
front
,
tied
with
blue
ribbons
and
showing
a
little
of
her
expensive
underwear
beneath
.
A
large
opal
ring
graced
her
left
middle
finger
,
and
turquoises
of
vivid
blue
were
pendent
from
her
ears
.
She
wore
yellow
silk
slippers
with
bronze
buckles
;
and
altogether
her
appearance
was
not
out
of
keeping
with
the
character
of
the
reception-room
itself
,
which
was
a
composite
of
gold-flowered
wall-paper
,
blue
and
cream-colored
Brussels
carpet
,
heavily
gold-framed
engravings
of
reclining
nudes
,
and
a
gilt-framed
pier-glass
,
which
rose
from
the
floor
to
the
ceiling
.
Needless
to
say
,
Butler
was
shocked
to
the
soul
of
him
by
this
suggestive
atmosphere
which
was
supposed
to
include
his
daughter
in
its
destructive
reaches
.
Alderson
motioned
one
of
his
detectives
to
get
behind
the
woman
--
between
her
and
the
door
--
which
he
did
.
"
Sorry
to
trouble
you
,
Mrs.
Davis
,
"
he
said
,
"
but
we
are
looking
for
a
couple
who
are
in
your
house
here
.
We
're
after
a
runaway
girl
.
We
do
n't
want
to
make
any
disturbance
--
merely
to
get
her
and
take
her
away
.
"
Mrs.
Davis
paled
and
opened
her
mouth
.
"
Now
do
n't
make
any
noise
or
try
to
scream
,
or
we
'll
have
to
stop
you
.
My
men
are
all
around
the
house
.
Nobody
can
get
out
.
Do
you
know
anybody
by
the
name
of
Cowperwood
?
"
Mrs.
Davis
,
fortunately
from
one
point
of
view
,
was
not
of
a
particularly
nervous
nor
yet
contentious
type
.
She
was
more
or
less
philosophic
.
She
was
not
in
touch
with
the
police
here
in
Philadelphia
,
hence
subject
to
exposure
.
What
good
would
it
do
to
cry
out
?
she
thought
.
The
place
was
surrounded
.
There
was
no
one
in
the
house
at
the
time
to
save
Cowperwood
and
Aileen
.
She
did
not
know
Cowperwood
by
his
name
,
nor
Aileen
by
hers
.
They
were
a
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Montague
to
her
.
"
I
do
n't
know
anybody
by
that
name
,
"
she
replied
nervously
.
"
Is
n't
there
a
girl
here
with
red
hair
?
"
asked
one
of
Alderson
's
assistants
.
"
And
a
man
with
a
gray
suit
and
a
light-brown
mustache
?
They
came
in
here
half
an
hour
ago
.
You
remember
them
,
do
n't
you
?
"
"
There
's
just
one
couple
in
the
house
,
but
I
'm
not
sure
whether
they
're
the
ones
you
want
.
I
'll
ask
them
to
come
down
if
you
wish
.
Oh
,
I
wish
you
would
n't
make
any
disturbance
.
This
is
terrible
.
"
"
We
'll
not
make
any
disturbance
,
"
replied
Alderson
,
"
if
you
do
n't
.
Just
you
be
quiet
.
We
merely
want
to
see
the
girl
and
take
her
away
.
Now
,
you
stay
where
you
are
.
What
room
are
they
in
?
"
