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The Yellow Face

           "

           "Andwhoistheblackmailer?"

           "Well,itmustbethecreaturewholivesintheonlycomfortableroomintheplaceandhasherphotographabovehisfireplace.Uponmyword,Watson,thereissomethingveryattractiveaboutthatlividfaceatthewindow,andIwouldnothavemissedthecaseforworlds."

           "Youhaveatheory?"

           "Yes,aprovisionalone.ButIshallbesurprisedifitdoesnotturnouttobecorrect.Thiswoman’sfirsthusbandisinthatcottage."

           "Whydoyouthinkso?"

           "Howelsecanweexplainherfrenziedanxietythathersecondoneshouldnotenterit?Thefacts,asIreadthem,aresomethinglikethis:ThiswomanwasmarriedinAmerica.Herhusbanddevelopedsomehatefulqualities,orshallwesayhecontractedsomeloathsomediseaseandbecamealeperoranimbecile?Shefliesfromhimatlast,returnstoEngland,changeshername,andstartsherlife,asshethinks,afresh.Shehasbeenmarriedthreeyearsandbelievesthatherpositionisquitesecure,havingshownherhusbandthedeathcertificateofsomemanwhosenameshehasassumed,whensuddenlyherwhereaboutsisdiscoveredbyherfirsthusband,or,wemaysuppose,bysomeunscrupulouswomanwhohasattachedherselftotheinvalid.Theywritetothewifeandthreatentocomeandexposeher.Sheasksforahundredpoundsandendeavourstobuythemoff.

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