The Case of the Phantom Fortune

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Della Street, Perry Mason's confidential secretary said,"Mr Horace Warren, an executive type who seems accustomed to getting whathe wants, is anxiously and impatiently waiting in the outer office."

"And what," Perry Masonasked, "does Horace Warren wish to consult me about?"

"That," Della said,"is a mystery"

"Well?" Mason asked."What's the mystery"?"

"All he'll tell me is that he'swilling to pay five hundred dollars to have you attend a buffet dinnertonight."

Mason said, "Tell him I'm not apaid entertainer, that I have a busy schedule today, and that I see clientsonly by appointment."

"I don't think that he wantsyou as a social lion," Della said. "He said he would like to have youget a feminine partner of your own choosing, and that he would like to have youobserve a certain person and give him your impression of that person."

Mason regarded Della Street thoughtfully. "Were you by any chancethinking of a buffet dinner?"

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