Revelations of a Detective

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Andrew Forrester. Revelations of a Detective

Revelations of a Detective

Table of Contents

Number 1 The Forger’s Escape

Number 2 Farmer Williams And His Bride; Or, The Matrimonial Agency

Number 3 A Convict’s Gratitude

Number 4 The Fraudulent Trustee

Number 5 Who Stole The Plate?

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Andrew Forrester

Published by Good Press, 2021

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My waking dreams did not in this instance help me, but I had resolved, before I went to bed, that as soon as daylight permitted, I would make a diligent search of the room, to see if no corner or cranny contained a trifle, such as a comb, a hairbrush, a shirt collar, pocket-handkerchief, scrap of paper, or indeed, anything that might assist in fixing the identity of the Atlantic voyager.

I began this search in the grey twilight of morning. Nothing was in the bed, under it, or in the corners or cupboard of the room. The fireplace was filled up by a board, but not fastened. In the grate was an accumulation of rubbish, deposited by various processes of accident and volition. Among these were some minute particles or fragments of paper, that I discovered to be parts of envelopes torn up small, and, with imperfect caution, not consumed by fire. It is needless to say that I laid hold of these, and as my voyage across the Atlantic would be by way of Liverpool, I thought I might as well examine them further in London, where I arrived by an early morning train.

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