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The mere breath of such a suspicion would have been enough,
without his stage-whisper method of imparting the information. I
felt that it was no wonder that, having even a suspicion of this
sort, he should be in doubt how to go ahead and should wish
Kennedy's advice. Ella Willoughby, besides being the wife of one
of the best known operators in high-class stocks and bonds, was
well known in the society columns of the newspapers. She lived in
Glenclair, where she was a leader of the smarter set at both the
church and the country club. The group who preserved this neat
balance between higher things and the world, the flesh and the
devil, I knew to be a very exclusive group, which, under the calm
suburban surface, led a sufficiently rapid life. Mrs. Willoughby,
in addition to being a leader, was a very striking woman and a
beautiful dresser, who set a fast pace for the semi-millionaires
who composed the group.
Here indeed was a puzzle at the very start of the case. It was in
all probability Mrs. Willoughby who had looked at the jewels in
both cases.
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