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Excerpt: ...emotions of undoubted satisfaction that life had broken from its customary monotonous round to furnish him with an adventure so unique. He pointed out a fact to the policeman before they had started. "You will observe," he said, with satire, "that, despite the heat we are directed to apply to this unfortunate man, rigor mortis has set in. Whether the authority in London regards that as an evidence of death, of course I cannot pretend to say. Perhaps not. I may be behind the times." Neither Mannering nor Lennox had spared much thought for those left behind them at Chadlands. The extraordinary character of the task put upon them sufficed to fill their minds, and it was not until the small hours, when they sat with their hands in their pockets and the train ran steadily through darkness and storm, that the younger spoke of his cousin. "I hope those old men wont bully Mary to-night," he said. "Id meant to ask you to give Uncle Walter a caution. Mays not quite all there, in my opinion, and very likely, now youre out of the way, hell get round Sir Walter about that infernal room." Mannering became interested. "Dyou mean for an instant he wants to try his luck after whats happened?" "You forget. Your day has been so full that you forget what did happen." "I do not, Lennox. Mary begged me to tackle the man. I calmed him, and he came down to his luncheon. He must have thought over the matter since then, and seen that he was playing with death." "Far from it, The future is mine Thats what he said. And that means hell try and be in the Grey Room alone to-night." "I wish to Heaven youd made this clear before wed started. But surely we can trust Sir Walter; he knows what this means, even if that superstitious lunatic doesnt." "I dont want to bother you," answered Henry; "but, looking back, Im none so sure that we can trust my uncle. Hes been pretty wild to-day, and who shall blame him? Things like this crashing into his life leave him...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153704946 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153704943 |
| Weight | 0.42 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.28 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 120 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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