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The Quest of the Sacred Slipper | Sax Rohmer | |
My Last Meeting With Hassan Of Aleppo |
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He jerked his cigar in the direction of his grip, which lay now on the rug at his feet. "I lost a useful right hand," he went on - "and I lost every cent I had. It was a dead rotten speculation - for I lost my good name! I mean it! Believe me, I've handled some shady propositions in the past, but I did it right in the sunlight! Up to the time I went out for that damned slipper I could have had lunch with any detective from Broadway to the Strand! I didn't need any false whiskers and the Ritz was good enough for The Stetson Man. What now? I'm 'wanted!' Enough said." He tossed the cigar - he had smoked scarce an inch of it - into the empty grate. "I'm an Aunt Sally for any man to shy at," he resumed bitterly. "My place henceforth is in the dark. Right! I've finished; the book's closed. From the time I quit England - if I can quit - I'm on the straight! I've promised Carneta, and I mean to keep my word. See here - " Dexter turned to me. "You'll want to know how I escaped from the cursed death-trap at Hassan's house in Kent? I'll tell you. I was never in it! I was hiding and waiting my chance. You know what was left to guard the slipper while the Sheikh - rot him - was away looking after arrangements for getting his mob out of the country?" I nodded. |
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