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THE ANONYMOUS LETTERS
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“Have you any of these letters?”

“No.”

“Any copies of them?”

“No. . . . As a matter of fact—she’s not aware that I know she ’s been receiving them.”

“And how do you know it?”

“I had felt, for some time that there was something wrong. I had to take measures to protect myself.”

“I see. Have you noticed anything else—besides the letters?”

“Well, I ’ve had an idea that I was being followed on the street, and I supposed that the person interested in separating us had employed some crooked private detective to work up a case against me.”

“I see.”

“And I thought that if I could employ you to put men with me, I could have their testimony to refute any that might be manufactured against me.”

“Our office,” Babbing said, “does n’t handle divorce cases.”