![]() Unsuspecting of the trap I had set for her, the Countess Krak pushed the buzzer. And there it was, right there on number 21, the nameplate: ![]() There was no doorman, but the brass mailboxes shone. It was not a shabby apartment house: Miss Simmons must have some income of her own. The grim pound of her boots halted before an apartment house that bore the number 352. She saw the elevator was in use and went up the stairs. ![]() She strode past a fountain and between two statues. Police Inspector Grafferty would soon be on his way. It meant she lived alone Gods, wasn't anything going to stand between the Countess Krak and this awful crime? Ah, yes, there was. And just to make matters worse, the New York Tactical Police Force is after me again. And the college thinks that just because I was in a psychiatric ward, they don't have to listen to me. She said, You know what he did today? He sabotaged the UN bill He's a frothing fiend Nobody is safe with him on the loose. She looked dishevelled and very wild of eye. Never was a woman so anxious to be done in. The door opened without her even knocking. Miss Simmons, who must have been at the UN, had not yet returned home and savagely hoping that she was, so Grafferty could catch this Manco Devil in the very act of mangling. The Countess Krak said, I am a fellow teacher, from Atalanta University, Manco, and I want to talk to you about a student of yours. She kicked the door shut behind her and right in front of Simmons took the hypnohelmet out of the square shopping bag. She plugged in her microphone and then sat down in the easy chair. She arranged the pillow so it would support the helmet properly. The Countess Krak closed the bedroom door. ![]() There was a wide bed, a boudoir table and an easy chair, all decorated in frilly white organdy. The Countess must have seen that she was speaking to someone who was as blind as a bat. Miss Simmons was having trouble locating the Countess to talk to her. ![]()
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