inquiry agent
Example Sentences
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"What can you tell me, Mr. Eldrick?" asked the inquiry agent.
From The Talleyrand Maxim by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)
Does anyone here know that you are a private inquiry agent?'
From The Bishop's Secret by Hume, Fergus
Carrados had rung up Mr Carlyle soon after the inquiry agent had reached his office in Bampton Street on a certain morning in April.
From Max Carrados by Bramah, Ernest
It almost suggested that the Baron feared he was what the London inquiry agent had asked him to become—the paid spy of Alfieri.
From The Wheel O' Fortune by Tracy, Louis
Having decided to still remain in Madrid I deemed it advisable to engage the services of a private inquiry agent to watch the movements of De Gex and Suzor, who still remained at the Ritz.
From The Stretton Street Affair by Le Queux, William
