There Was an Old Woman by Ellery Queen
By Ellery Queen
Cornelia Potts is a depraved girl with millio ns of greenbacks, a henpecked husband, and 6 depressing childr en. each lifestyles she touches turns to sheer hell. Then, one after the other, the population of the giant, ugly Potts mansion a re visited through loss of life. '
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He also noted varicose veins, and looked away. The laboratory was circular—a clutter of tables, retorts, goose-necked flasks, Bunsen burners, messy bottle-filled shelves, taps, benches, electrical apparatus. What it was all for Ellery had no idea; but it looked impressive in a cinematic sort of way. " she shrilled in a voice as tall and thin as herself. " The frown deepened until it resembled an old knife wound. " "No, Miss Potts," said Ellery tensely. "You see, they've been after my invention.
Charley reached for the decanter. "But Thurlow—" "All right, take Thurlow," argued young Mr. Paxton. "Would you call him sane? A man who spends his life trying to hit back at people for imaginary insults to his name? " "But his mother—" "It's a question of degree, Ellery. Cornelia's passion for the honor of the Potts name is kept within bounds, and she doesn't hit out unless she has a vulnerable target. " "Insanity is a word neurologists don't like, Charley," complained Ellery Queen. "At best, standards of normality are variable, depending on the age and mores.
Queen like the governor of Messina's niece, had a good eye and could see a church by daylight; so he noted this and that about the tall young man, mechanically, and concluded [a] he was an attorney (brief case); [b] his name was Charles Hunter Paxton (stern gilt lettering on same); [c] Counselor Paxton was waiting for a client and the client was late (frequent glances at wrist watch); [d] he was unhappy (general droop). And the great man, having run over Charles Hunter Paxton with the vacuum cleaner of his glance, made to pass on, satisfied.