The Body in the Library

She had a deep bass voice and visited the poor indefatigably, however hard they tried to avoid her ministrations. “About the body in Colonel Bantry’s library—a woman’s body—” “In Colonel Bantry’s library?” “Yes. The “bold bad baronet” for melodrama, the “body in the library” for the detective story. Cameras had clicked and the position of the charred body had been carefully noted before the police surgeon had started his own investigation. She went down, danced with Raymond, debated with the Jeffersons where Ruby could be, and finally went to bed.