He walked down the road and went into one or two liquor shops, staying for nearly half-an-hour in the last of them. When he came out he…
«What about Birlstone?» he asked. «We’ve time yet,» said the inspector, glancing at his watch. «I’ve a cab at the door, and it…
«Excellent! Tell me where you picked him up and all that occurred.» «He hailed me at half-past nine in Trafalgar Square. He said that he…
«Where to?» asked Jones. «To the Tower. Tell them to stop opposite to Jacobson’s Yard.» Our craft was evidently a very fast one. We…
We had traversed Streatham, Brixton, Camberwell, and now found ourselves in Kennington Lane, having borne away through the side-streets to…
«Briefly,» she continued, «the facts are these. My father was an officer in an Indian regiment who sent me home when I was quite a child.…
«The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. Where do you think that I have been?» «A fixture also.» «On…
As we passed the City the last rays of the sun were gilding the cross upon the summit of St. Paul’s. SIGN Ch. X
