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Chapter Three
Promptly at nine o'clock Monday morning, Linda took up her duties. She was given the morning to settle herself and found, to her pleasure, that she would have her own small room and a tiny adjoining bath, which she shared with Gertrude, the maid. She was fortunate that Mrs. Bates's apartment was old enough to reflect a period in which household help was common and was not expected to mingle with the family.
Investigation showed that she could go out and enter privately through the back doorif she could get a keyand that Mrs. Bates would have to go through the butler's pantry and the kitchen to reach the back corridor into which her room opened. Of course, there was a bell to summon her. Linda looked at the bell with

 
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