Philo Vance
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Then don't try to.
Oh, Mr. Gregory.
Yeah?
I mean, who?
Don't bother with the deception, my friend.
I know your name is Gregory, and I know you killed Myrna Harkins.
That little bi-play with Henderson just now is to throw you off your guard so you'd answer to the name of Gregory.
Well, what does that prove?
A lot of things.
You said whoever killed Harkins did it so her story would get in the paper.
Well, I'm the editor.
I could have used that story if I'd wanted to.
And what's this Mr. Gregory business about?
You're Gregory, all right.
I described you to Joe McGuff.
McGuff?
That's right.
And it's right that you could have published Miss Harkins' story in your own paper.
But that wasn't any good.
You had to have a story that would break nationally, so no matter where McGuff was, he'd see it and come back here.