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Arthur Gask. The House on the Fens
The House on the Fens
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. — THE WAYS OF DEATH
CHAPTER II. — THE HOUNDS OF THE LAW
CHAPTER III. — THE HOUSE ON THE FENS
CHAPTER IV. — THAT CURSED DOG, LAROSE
CHAPTER V. — THE HOUSE OF EVIL
CHAPTER VI. — THE HOUND ON THE TRAIL
CHAPTER VII. — POOLS OF SILENCE
CHAPTER VIII. — SECRET SERVICE
CHAPTER IX. — THE SECRET OF THE FENS
CHAPTER X. — THE ORDEAL OF GILBERT LAROSE
THE END
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Arthur Gask
Published by Good Press, 2021
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A long silence followed and then the inspector said very quietly, "Thank you, Sir George. You have been very frank, although the whole matter must be most harrowing to you. Now I think I'd better see Mr. Gauntry next if you will please send him in to me."
Then when Sir George had left the room, the inspector leant back in his chair and tried to collect his excited thoughts. Incredible though it was, it seemed as if this one-time Chief Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department must be the murderer. Grossly insulted at the card table and no doubt the insult being repeated again upon the verandah, with no premeditation, he had seized the first thing handy, the big mason's hammer, and struck the major that fierce blow. Then coming to his senses, with all the cool effrontery for which he had been notorious when at the Yard, he was now attempting to brazen things out, no doubt relying upon his reputation when in the C.I.D. to pull him through.
