she has phoned you. by the fact that Henry Courtenay, a neighbor in her apartment building, has threatened to sue her.
“Our eight-year-old son, Tommy,He’s a dear little dog and quite harmless. Mr. Courtenay hates dogs, so he kicked Dougall away, and Tommy held him while Mr. Courtenay got into his car and drove away.”
“I just had a call from Mr. Courtenay. He said he’s at Community Hospital receiving emergency treatment – for a wound on his leg, He said he plans to sue us for plenty.”
Mrs. Hargrave that you’ll investigate the matter, you hurry over to the hospital. You find sour-faced Henry Courtenay in an examining room, preparing to leave. You ask the doctor if you may examine the wound.
The doctor draws up the sharply creased, spotlessly clean leg of Courtenay’s light gray trousers. He carefully removes the bandage, revealing freshly cauterized marks on the right calf.