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The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu | Sax Rohmer | |
Dr. Fu-Manchu Strikes |
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Together we marched down the slope of the quiet, suburban avenue; to take pause before a small, detached house displaying the hatchet boards of the Estate Agent. Here we found unkempt laurel bushes and acacias run riot, from which arboreal tangle protruded the notice--"To be Let or Sold." Smith, with an alert glance to right and left, pushed open the wooden gate and drew me in upon the gravel path. Darkness mantled all; for the nearest street lamp was fully twenty yards beyond. From the miniature jungle bordering the path, a soft whistle sounded. "Is that Carter?" called Smith, sharply. A shadowy figure uprose, and vaguely I made it out for that of a man in the unobtrusive blue serge which is the undress uniform of the Force. "Well?" rapped my companion. "Mr. Slattin returned ten minutes ago, sir," reported the constable. "He came in a cab which he dismissed--" "He has not left again?" "A few minutes after his return," the man continued, "another cab came up, and a lady alighted." "A lady!" "The same, sir, that has called upon him before." "Smith!" I whispered, plucking at his arm--"is it--" |
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