The Strange Attraction
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Ryder did not tell her that he guessed who had written it. He did not ask her why he found the office empty the night before when he had stepped in as he was going by to see if her head was better. He had seen her hat and coat, and he had seen Dane Barrington’s stick. He had just observed these things and had gone out. And he did not ask her why he had found the blinds drawn all round the composing-room that morning. And neither Valerie nor Dane ever learned who it was who had opened and closed the front door.
