MAX CARRADOS Ernest Bramah Author
by Ernest Bramah
2021-04-02 18:58:13
MAX CARRADOS Ernest Bramah Author
by Ernest Bramah
2021-04-02 18:58:13
PAGE THE COIN OF DIONYSIUS 1 THE KNIGHT'S CROSS SIGNAL PROBLEM 25 THE TRAGEDY AT BROOKBEND COTTAGE 66 THE CLEVER MRS STRAITHWAITE 99 THE LAST EXPLOIT OF HARRY THE ACTOR 138 THE TILLING SH...
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PAGE THE COIN OF DIONYSIUS 1 THE KNIGHT'S CROSS SIGNAL PROBLEM 25 THE TRAGEDY AT BROOKBEND COTTAGE 66 THE CLEVER MRS STRAITHWAITE 99 THE LAST EXPLOIT OF HARRY THE ACTOR 138 THE TILLING SHAW MYSTERY 187 THE COMEDY AT FOUNTAIN COTTAGE 224 THE GAME PLAYED IN THE DARK 262THE COIN OF DIONYSIUSIt was eight o'clock at night and raining, scarcely a time when abusiness so limited in its clientele as that of a coin dealer could hopeto attract any customer, but a light was still showing in the small shopthat bore over its window the name of Baxter, and in the even smalleroffice at the back the proprietor himself sat reading the latest _PallMall_. His enterprise seemed to be justified, for presently the doorbell gave its announcement, and throwing down his paper Mr Baxter wentforward.As a matter of fact the dealer had been expecting someone and his manneras he passed into the shop was unmistakably suggestive of a caller ofimportance. But at the first glance towards his visitor the excess ofdeference melted out of his bearing, leaving the urbane, self-possessedshopman in the presence of the casual customer.
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