"
"Well, now, look here, Mr. Rand," Kirchner started to argue, "that
revolver's a dangerous weapon. It's killed one man, already. I don't know
as I ought to let it get out, where it might kill somebody else."
Rand estimated that this situation called for a modified version of his
hard-boiled act.
"You think you can show cause why that revolver shouldn't be turned
over to the Fleming estate?" he demanded. "Well, if I don't get it,
right away, Mr. Goode will get a court order for it. You had no right
to impound that revolver, in the first place; you removed it from the
Fleming home illegally in the second place, since you had no intention
of holding any formal inquest, and you're holding it illegally now. A
court order might not be all we could get, either," he added menacingly.
"Now, if you have any reason to suspect that Mr. Fleming committed
suicide ... or was murdered, for instance ..."
"Oh, my heavens, no!" Kirchner cried, horrified. "It was an accident,
pure and simple; I so certified it. Death by accident, due to
inadvertence of the deceased."
"Well, then," Rand said, "you have no right to hold that revolver, and
I want it, right now. As Mr. Goode's agent, I'm responsible for that
collection, of which the revolver you're holding is a part.
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