# The Long Trick Author: Bartimeus, 1886-1967 Genre: Category: Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25921 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Long+Trick+Bartimeus&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary It was a mild evening in February, and inside the huge echoing vault of King's Cross station the shaded arc lamps threw little pools of light along the departure platform where the Highland Express stood. The blinds of the carriage windows were already drawn, but here and there a circle of subdued light strayed out and was engulfed almost at once by the murky darkness. Sounds out of the unseen reached the ear muffled and confused: a motor horn hooted near the entrance, and quite close at hand a horse's hoofs clattered and rang on the cobbled paving-stones. The persistent hiss of escaping steam at the far end of the station seemed to fill the air until it was presently drowned by the ear-p... ## Chapters - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-long-trick-25921/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-long-trick-25921/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-long-trick-25921/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-long-trick-25921/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-long-trick-25921/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-long-trick-25921/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-long-trick-25921/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-long-trick-25921/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-long-trick-25921/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-long-trick-25921/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-long-trick-25921/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-long-trick-25921/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-long-trick-25921/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-long-trick-25921/chapters/14/index.md)