Of course, as it turned out, the poor man had a proclivity for maimed women. "Reminds me," he said, "of the case reported in the British papers about a one-armed woman who sued a woman with no legs for the alienation of her husband's affections. That was the case in 'Marnie,' of course, which was about a man who wanted to go to bed with a thief." We all of us have emotion stirring about there somewhere. It would have to be, of course, totally without emotion. But I do believe the perfect crime is being committed at this minute. "No, he said soberly, and shook his head. Have you ever committed a murder? I asked him. Hitchcock permitted himself a small sardonic laugh in demonstration. "It tells us that when he was informed of the coincidence, Mr. Hitchcock bounced back in his chair and beamed with satisfaction. Justice Humphries finally retired, and then his wife died, and so he closed up his big house and moved into.the Hounslow Court Hotel!" "The touch that fascinated me didn't take place until years afterward. Hitchcock leaned forward slightly, his hands still crossed on his paunch, and his voice lowered. Justice Humphries and brought in guilty." "In court, Haig claimed he drank his victim's blood.
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