The doorbell rang. Ellery ignored it. It rang again. He kept reading. A third time. He finished the chapter. When he finally got there, his caller had given up and left. But he had slipped a telegram under the foyer door.
BOSOM FRIEND DASH WHILE HUNTING A THORN YOUR LEGMAN FOUND A ROSE STOP HE WILL HUNT NO MORE STOP HER NAME IS RACHEL HAGER BUT A NAME CANNOT DO JUSTICE TO HER STOP SHE WENT TO THAT PARTY ONLY BECAUSE I WAS THERE COMMA A FACT THAT POPS MY BUTTONS STOP LAWFUL WEDLOCK IS NEXT STOP STOP WE PLAN CHILDREN STOP OUR JOINT LOVE TO YOU STOP
“Thank God I’m shed of him,” said Ellery, aloud, and went back to Sherlock Holmes.