The Singing Butler

The Singing Butler
The commissionaire，very stiff and military，came in and stood toattention，his eyes fixed on Colonel Anderson. "Now，then，Jameson，let's hear your story." Jameson saluted. "Yes sir.Close of the performance，sir.I was told there was a gentlemantaken ill，sir.Gentleman was in the two and fourpennies，slumped down in hisseat like.Other gentlemen standing around. Gentleman looked bad to me，sir.One of the gentlemen standing by put hishand to the ill gentleman's coat and drew my attention.Blood，sir.It wasclear the gentleman was dead-stabbed，sir.My attention was drawn to an A B Crailway guide，sir，under the seat.Wishing to act correctly，I did not touchsame，but reported to the police immediately that a tragedy had occurred." "Very good.Jameson，you acted very properly."
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"Thank you，sir." "Did you notice a man leaving the two and fourpennies about five minutesearlier?" "There were several，sir." "Could you describe them?" "Afraid not，sir.One was Mr Geoffery Parnell. And there was a young fellow，Sam Baker，with his young lady.I didn'tnotice anybody else particular." "A pity.That'll do，Jameson." "Yes sir."
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