Wife or Death (22 page)
Authors: Ellery Queen
“I walked,” she whispered.
Denton turned his back on her. “You'd better put in a call to District Attorney Crosby,” he said to Sergeant Harley, “and, yes, to that roistering police chief of ours, too. I'm through with this goddam thing.”
Denton walked home. The frosty night had scrubbed the sky clean, and he walked under millions of gratefully twinkling stars.
The first thing he did at home was to fill an Old-fashioned glass with bourbon and drink it down like a glass of water.
The second thing he did was to go to the phone.
“Corinne?” he said when she answered.
“Jim.” Corinne sounded sleepy. “I was just dropping off when the phone rang. What time is it?”
“It's earlier than you think,” he said.
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