Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery
PAGE I. SIR JOHN CARDER'S CIGARS 1 II. THE BISHOP OF BISTER'S CROZIER 18 III. THE LUCK OF THE ILLINGWORTHS 38 IV. THE FELLMONGERS' GOBLET 63 V. AN OUNCE OF RADIUM 87 VI. THE BUNYAN MS. 109 VII. THE GREAT SEAL 136 VIII. THE LION AND THE SUN 158 IX. THE HORSESHOE AND THE PEPPERC...
It was 9.45 when he entered the inn, and he hoped that the quarter-hour he was late would impress J. Driver with the conviction that he, Toft, was not at all particular about ke...
6. Part 6The next morning brought letters addressed to Lord Roker. Five minutes after the arrival of the post the news spread, and at breakfast he was the cynosure of all eyes.
11. Part 11Mr. Meyer did not appear to have heard him. "Strange, is it not?" he resumed, "dat you and I and Mr. Marvell, de clever detective, should be here, Mr. Lucas? No, I will call you...
10. Part 10The man retreated before him, and Sammy fled. "Right 'o," said the former. "You've had your choice. It's plank and skilly for you now. Get up, Sammy." He bundled his friend into...
7. Part 7"I'd finished my transcript of your notes on Miss Brontë, sir, about 11.30, and, having half an hour to spare, I thought I'd just run over that old manuscript again. John Bunyan...
8. Part 8The Privy Council met at ten on the following morning, and ordered a new seal to be engraved; but at noon a postal packet was delivered at Shipley House, which, on being opened,...
5. Part 5The Duke waved his hand disparagingly. "Our secretary informs me," he went on, "that the subscription of Major Everett Anstruther is now due. It is suggested that he should prod...
9. Part 9"No, sir; and perhaps you will now explain how you came into possession of this, and why you sent it to me. It is surely the property of the Persian Mission."
2. Part 2His lordship sighed. The west end of his cathedral was sinking below the surface. At the present rate of subsidence the Dean had calculated that only the gargoyles would be abov...
3. Part 3"Your honour is pleased to be excessively gracious," said the Baboo with absurd complacency. "Indeed, my tip-top spirits have been of much service to myself and many other honou...
12. Part 12On the following morning Maxwell-Pitt paid his hotel bill and went up to town. In the evening he returned with his bicycle, getting out at the station beyond Bamburn. At a few m...
1. Part 1PAGE I. SIR JOHN CARDER'S CIGARS 1 II. THE BISHOP OF BISTER'S CROZIER 18 III. THE LUCK OF THE ILLINGWORTHS 38 IV. THE FELLMONGERS' GOBLET 63 V. AN OUNCE OF RADIUM 87 VI. THE BUN...
13. Part 13Dorchester consulted Ribston and the Secretary. The others nodded reluctant consent. Word was given, and they passed out. The house doors were flung open, and they filed into th...