Jason by Justus Miles Forman
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Ste. Marie pointed to an unframed photograph which was fastened to the
wall by thumb-tacks, and his outstretched hand shook as he pointed. Beneath them the other man still writhed and tumbled in his epileptic fit. "Do you know who that woman is?" demanded Ste. Marie, and his tone was such that Olga Nilssen turned slowly and stared at him. "That woman," said she, "is the reason why I wished to pull the world down upon Charlie Stewart and me to-night. That's who she is." Ste. Marie gave a sort of cry. "Who is she?" he insisted. "What is her name? I--have a particularly important reason for wanting to know. I've got to know." Mlle. Nilssen shook her head, still staring at him. "I can't tell you that," said she. "I don't know the name. I only know that--when he met her, he--I don't know her name, but I know where she lives and where he goes every day to see her--a house with a big garden and walled park on the road to Clamart. It's on the edge of the wood, not far from Fort d'Issy. The Clamart-Vanves-Issy tram runs past the wall of one side of the park. That's all I know." Ste. Marie clasped his head with his hands. "So near to it!" he groaned, "and yet--Ah!" He bent forward suddenly over the bed and spelled out the name of the photographer which was pencilled upon the brown cardboard mount. "There's still a chance," he |
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