The Firm of Girdlestone
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Артур Конан Дойл. The Firm of Girdlestone
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. MR. JOHN HARSTON KEEPS AN APPOINTMENT
CHAPTER II. CHARITY A LA MODE
CHAPTER III. THOMAS GILRAY MAKES AN INVESTMENT
CHAPTER IV. CAPTAIN HAMILTON MIGGS OF THE "BLACK EAGLE."
CHAPTER V. MODERN ATHENIANS
CHAPTER VI. A RECTORIAL ELECTION
CHAPTER VII. ENGLAND VERSUS SCOTLAND
CHAPTER VIII. A FIRST PROFESSIONAL
CHAPTER IX. A NASTY CROPPER
CHAPTER X. DWELLERS IN BOHEMIA
CHAPTER XI. SENIOR AND JUNIOR
CHAPTER XII. A CORNER IN DIAMONDS
CHAPTER XIII. SHADOW AND LIGHT
CHAPTER XIV. A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING
CHAPTER XV. AN ADDITION TO THE HOUSE
CHAPTER XVI. THE FIRST STEP
CHAPTER XVII. THE LAND OF DIAMONDS
CHAPTER XVIII. MAJOR TOBIAS CLUTTERBUCK COMES IN FOR A THOUSAND POUNDS
CHAPTER XIX. NEWS FROM THE URALS
CHAPTER XX. MR. HECTOR O'FLAHERTY FINDS SOMETHING IN THE PAPER
CHAPTER XXI. AN UNEXPECTED BLOW
CHAPTER XXII. ROBBERS AND ROBBED
CHAPTER XXIII. A MOMENTOUS RESOLUTION
CHAPTER XXIV. A DANGEROUS PROMISE
CHAPTER XXV. A CHANGE OF FRONT
CHAPTER XXVI. BREAKING GROUND
CHAPTER XXVII. MRS. SCULLY OF MORRISON'S
CHAPTER XXVIII. BACK IN BOHEMIA
CHAPTER XXIX. THE GREAT DANCE AT MORRISON'S
CHAPTER XXX. AT THE "COCK AND COWSLIP."
CHAPTER XXXI. A CRISIS AT ECCLESTON SQUARE
CHAPTER XXXII. A CONVERSATION IN THE ECCLESTON SQUARE LIBRARY
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE JOURNEY TO THE PRIORY
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE MAN WITH THE CAMP-STOOL
CHAPTER XXXV. A TALK ON THE LAWN
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE INCIDENT OF THE CORRIDOR
CHAPTER XXXVII. A CHASE AND A BRAWL
CHAPTER XXXVIII. GIRDLESTONE SENDS FOR THE DOCTOR
CHAPTER XXXIX. A GLEAM OF LIGHT
CHAPTER XL. THE MAJOR HAS A LETTER
CHAPTER XLI. THE CLOUDS GROW DARKER
CHAPTER XLII. THE THREE FACES AT THE WINDOW
CHAPTER XLIII. THE BAIT ON THE HOOK
CHAPTER XLIV. THE SHADOW OF DEATH
CHAPTER XLV. THE INVASION OF HAMPSHIRE
CHAPTER XLVI. A MIDNIGHT CRUISE
CHAPTER XLVII. LAW AND ORDER
CHAPTER XLVIII. CAPTAIN HAMILTON MIGGS SEES A VISION
CHAPTER XLIX. A VOYAGE IN A COFFIN SHIP
CHAPTER L. WINDS UP THE THREAD AND TIES TWO KNOTS AT THE END
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The approach to the offices of Girdlestone and Co. was not a very dignified one, nor would the uninitiated who traversed it form any conception of the commercial prosperity of the firm in question. Close to the corner of a broad and busy street, within a couple of hundred yards of Fenchurch Street Station, a narrow doorway opens into a long whitewashed passage. On one side of this is a brass plate with the inscription "Girdlestone and Co., African Merchants," and above it a curious hieroglyphic supposed to represent a human hand in the act of pointing. Following the guidance of this somewhat ghostly emblem, the wayfarer finds himself in a small square yard surrounded by doors, upon one of which the name of the firm reappears in large white letters, with the word "Push" printed beneath it. If he follows this laconic invitation he will make his way into a long, low apartment, which is the counting-house of the African traders.
On the afternoon of which we speak things were quiet at the offices. The line of pigeon-holes in the wire curtain was deserted by the public, though the linoleum-covered floor bore abundant traces of a busy morning. Misty London light shone hazily through the glazed windows and cast dark shadows in the corners. On a high perch in the background a weary-faced, elderly man, with muttering lips and tapping fingers, cast up endless lines of figures. Beneath him, in front of two long shining mahogany desks, half a score of young men, with bent heads and stooping shoulders, appeared to be riding furiously, neck and neck, in the race of life. Any habitue of a London office might have deduced from their relentless energy and incorruptible diligence that they were under the eyes of some member of the firm.
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"Yes, I am going up to him now."
"It is a most virulent case of typhoid. He may die in an hour or he may live until nightfall, but nothing can save him. He will hardly recognize you, I fear, and you can do him no good. It is most infectious, and you are incurring a needless danger. I should strongly recommend you not to go."
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