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A collection of short stories about an unnamed agent of a detective agency in the early 1920s.

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II

“Twenty-two.”

“Height?”

“About five feet eight inches, or possibly nine.”

“Slender, medium or plump?”

“She’s inclined toward slenderness, but she⁠—”

There was a note of enthusiasm in his voice that made me fear he was about to make a speech, so I cut him off with another question.

“What color hair?”

“Brown⁠—so dark that it’s almost black⁠—and it’s soft and thick and⁠—”

“Yes, yes. Long or bobbed?”

“Long and thick and⁠—”

“What color eyes?”

“You’ve seen shadows on polished silver when⁠—”

I wrote down grey eyes and hurried on with the interrogation.

“Complexion?”

“Perfect!”

“Uh-huh. But is it light, or dark, or florid, or sallow, or what?”

“Fair.”

“Face oval, or square, or long and thin, or what shape?”

“Oval.”

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