The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet: Mystery & Detective Collections

Burton Egbert Stevenson

Oct 2015 · Mystery & Detective Collections Book 35 · 谷月社

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I have no very clear remembrance of what happened after that. The shock was so great that I had just strength enough to totter to a chair and drop into it, and sit there staring vaguely at that dark splotch on the carpet. I told myself that I was the victim of a dreadful nightmare; that all this was the result of over-wrought nerves and that I should wake presently. No doubt I had been working too hard. I needed a vacation—well, I would take it….

And all the time I knew that it was not a nightmare, but grim reality; that Philip Vantine was dead—killed by a woman. Who had told me that? And then I remembered the sobbing voice….

Two or three persons came into the room—Parks and the other servants, I suppose; I heard Godfrey's voice giving orders; and finally someone held a glass to my lips and commanded me to drink. I did so mechanically; coughed, spluttered, was conscious of a grateful warmth, and drank eagerly again. And then I saw Godfrey standing over me.

"Feel better?" he asked.

I nodded.

 

About the author

Born     November 9, 1872
Died     May 13, 1962 (aged 89)
Resting place     Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio
Nationality     U.S.A.
Alma mater     Princeton University
Occupation     Writer and librarian
Known for     Anthologies and novels
Spouse(s)     Elizabeth Shepard Butler