From a "Thriller"
“ ‘\?/b saw tlie police last night, and ’ they were quite decent, really. Wiiy, we’ll gel you out of here . . . ’ “1 slopped in mid-sentence, seeing the expression on her face. It was consternation, horror, even anger. “ ‘Put, how dare you ’ she said. ‘1 tell you, I don’t want any private detectives. 1 won’t have them. You’ve no right to meddle with my affairs. You’ve no right to get round' my aunt' like that. It's . . . it's beastly of you.’ “‘lint, Helen,’ .1 cried in consternation, ‘you can’t want them . . ~’ I had almost said ‘to hang you,’ but l stopped in time. • ... to think you did it.’ “‘ 1 dun’t calc what t hey think, ’ she answered. 'At least, I mean...’ ” This will give some idea of tin* difficulty in (dealing the heroine in “Dr 'ram-red P.egins,” by (!. D. If. and M. Cole, but it was done.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18763, 20 July 1935, Page 9
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146From a "Thriller" Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18763, 20 July 1935, Page 9
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