Being rich always tended to draw people into immodesty. Being rich as well as stunningly, dazzlingly, ravishingly, gorgeous, gave her an ego hard to r...eign in, even on those odd occasions when she tried.Of course, her luscious silhouette and mouth watering face were not the only reason she was drawing stares at the moment. The main point of attraction for the Africans was her hair, which was a bright, but not unattractive shade of pink.If she had been aware of the amusement, or con- fusion her. "I'm getting ready to put a fantastic show on the road next month in September. It'll be the biggest, fanciest crowd-puller I've ever sent out. Believe me, it'll be a knockout, the best of my career. We're going to travel across America and Canada and some other places in the world by the end of the season." Houdini's voice sounded proud."Glad to hear that." Phil had to smile. Houdini was a showman and a promoter. He knew how to blow his own horn. The difference was that he always delivered. "We have a minister right here on our wagon train."I looked at Caleb and then at Sally. Both of them nodded. "That makes sense to me," I said. "I'll have to ask Millie what she thinks though."Caleb laughed and said to Ab, "At least he's learned something about women already."Both men got a good laugh out of that. When Millie came back out, she looked the prettiest I'd ever seen her. I didn't think I could even talk. She came over to me and took my hand. "Are you ready to go to town?" she. I looked at Denny, who looked perplexed at first. I knew he had not expected Wally to testify, which meant he had not prepared any cross examination, which meant he was unprepared. That didn't seem to bother him, though. He just took more notes as Casper continued asking all kinds of questions.The last question he asked was this: "Detective, have you been dating Ms. Eva Sinderson since you were in her house on Christmas eve?"Denny objected, and Casper said it had direct bearing on later.
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