Murder by the clock

Chapter 33: Transcriber’s Note

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An anxious wife becomes convinced her husband is in peril and summons the police, prompting a methodical lieutenant to investigate a tense, night-long sequence of events. The story proceeds in closely timed chapters that follow the unfolding inquiry, odd discoveries, and a series of clues and red herrings tied to household members and visitors. Evidence accumulates in small, unsettling details while the investigator reconstructs motives and opportunity. The narrative emphasizes the slow unmasking of private secrets, the techniques of detection, and how timing and human vulnerability combine to produce a resolved explanation of the central violent incident.

Transcriber’s Note

This transcription is made from the text of the 1929 edition published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. However, the following errors have been corrected from the original text:

“stubborness” was changed to “stubbornness” (Chapter I).
“It’s contents” was changed to “Its contents” (Chapter I).
“pressent” was changed to “present” (Chapter IX).
“telehone” was changed to “telephone” (Chapter XI).
“occasionallly” was changed to “occasionally” (Chapter XXIV).
“Endicoott” was changed to “Endicott” (Chapter XXVI).
“and than had” was changed to “and then had” (Chapter XXVI).
“chauffered” was changed to “chauffeured” (Chapter XXXI).