The porcelain mask : $b A detective storyChichester, John Jay
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The porcelain mask : $b A detective story
Chichester, John Jay
Detective and mystery stories; Families -- Fiction; New York (State) -- Fiction; Spouses -- Fiction
"Tish, I'll lay you three wagers: First, that the coroner's jury brings
in a verdict of death by accident; second, that the district attorney's
office will never go behind that verdict and bring Gilmore to trial;
third, that Gilmore and Joan Sheridan are married within a year."
Tish snorted, but did not accept; had he done so, Wiggly would have won
the first two and lost the third. It was almost two years before the
last prophecy was fulfilled.
THE END.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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