1. ' She always seemed to be perfect health.'
2. Elinor had either fallen or jumped that tenth-floor window of Doctor Barclay's waiting room.
3. 'You found something belonging Mrs Hammond, didn't you?'
4. Even if Elinor was trouble, she would never have jumped out of a window.
5. He glanced at the desk, piled high unopened bills.
6.'She fell. She was always careless heights.'
7. I went back tonight to see if the lipstick was the pavement.
8. I had not told Fred, that Elinor's gold lipstick was missing her bag.
9. 'I wouldn't rely too much what Margaret Hammond says.'
10. She sat down and wiped her face her handkerchief.
11. Mother and I invited Fred for dinner that evening.
12. The report was just a few lines the back page. It said that Mrs Thompson had been shot the night before!
13. I remembered Margaret searching Elinor's lipstick in the street.
14. I suddenly remembered Fred's gun, which he kept his desk drawer.
15. She insisted Mrs Thompson had visited her only to thank her being a witness.
16. 'You're dealing something you don't understand. Why can't you stay out of this?
17. He had stopped looking angry; in fact he seemed rather pleased himself.
18. Mother had gone to bed and it was half an hour later when I found Fred standing the kitchen door, smiling a tired smile.
19. 'I don't sleep much anyway,' he said.'And the house is hot. I've been getting rid a lot of stuff. Burning it in the boiler.'
20. Then my surprise he kissed me lightly the cheek.