By Barbara Roden
Mrs Cecil Forrester is completely dismayed by way of her and her husband's lacking valuables. She sees no the reason for this is that her dependable maid Sarah could scouse borrow those assets, but is guaranteed by means of either her husband and the police that Sarah is the offender. wondering the reliability of those assumptions, and given her husband is operating so demanding for the time being, Mrs Forrester takes it upon herself to go to Mr Holmes and convince him to enquire further.
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