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Chapter 46: THE WORD HE SHOULDN’T HAVE KNOWN

작가: Teddy Miles
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ELVIRA

I followed Sir Albert down to the corridor. I didn’t look back at Mrs. Pruitt. I could feel her watching me from the doorway of the records office.

I had made her a promise that I would not say Lucien Harrow’s name to anyone. But I decided something else on my way to Sir Albert’s office. I would not give Sir Albert one useful word.

His office was on the second floor. It was small and very neat. Books were lined in three walls. On the fourth wall hung a large brass instrument with a glass
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