"Well," said the big man with a sigh, "I guess I'm being an old woman about this business. But I felt that I had to tell some one about it. I'm all clear?"
"As far as I am concerned, you are,' said Ellery genially. And then he rose and crushed his cigaret in an ashtray. "By the way, would you mind introducing me to this Varjian, Macgowan? It mightn't hurt to check up a bit."
"Then you do think . . ."
Ellery shrugged. "There's only one thing about it I don't like - the fact that it's coincidental. And I detest coincidences."
(from The Chinese Orange Mystery, by Ellery Queen)
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