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Edgar Wallace. The Orator
The Orator
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II. — THE MIND-READERS
First published in The Pall Mall Magazine, Oct 1927
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III. — THE OLD LADY WHO CHANGED HER MIND
First published in The Pall Mall Magazine, Sep 1927
IV. — THE SUNNINGDALE MURDER
First published in The Pall Mall Magazine, Dec 1927
V. — A BANK AND A SECRETARY
First published in The Pall Mall Magazine, Nov 1927
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VI. — THE MAN NEXT DOOR
First published in The Pall Mall Magazine, Feb 1928
VII. — THE SIRIUS MAN
First published in The Pall Mall Magazine, Jan 1928
VIII. — THE COUPER BUCKLE
First published in The Pall Mall Magazine, Apr 1928
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IX. — THE CASE OF FREDDIE VANE
First published as "The First Night" in The Pall Mall Magazine, Mar 1928
X. — THE GUY FROM MEMPHIS
First published in The Pall Mall Magazine, May 1928
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XI. — THE DETECTIVE WHO TALKED
First published in The Pall Mall Magazine, Jul 1928
XII. — THE FALL OF MR. RATER
First published as "The Orator's Downfall" in The Pall Mall Magazine, Jun 1928
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THE END
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Edgar Wallace
Published by Good Press, 2021
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But, fortunately for justice, the prosecuting counsel was a man of great genius, and slowly but surely the net was woven about the man in the dock. It was on the second day that the Orator saw in the front seat of the public gallery a lady whose face seemed familiar. And then with a start he recognised Lady Angela Lightley. She was following the case with extraordinary intensity, and yet it was not morbid curiosity that had brought her. He saw her wince, not once but many times, at the recital of some unpleasant detail. The end of the trial came : the jury, without leaving the box, returned a verdict of guilty. The thin-faced old judge fixed his pince-nez, glanced for a moment at the prisoner and then at the jury.
“Is anything known against this man?” he asked, in his hard, dry voice.
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