The Old Man in the Corner
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Emma Orczy. The Old Man in the Corner
THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER
CHAPTER I. THE FENCHURCH STREET MYSTERY
CHAPTER II. A MILLIONAIRE IN THE DOCK
CHAPTER III. HIS DEDUCTION
CHAPTER IV. THE ROBBERY IN PHILLIMORE TERRACE
CHAPTER V. A NIGHT'S ADVENTURE
CHAPTER VI. ALL HE KNEW
CHAPTER VII. THE YORK MYSTERY
CHAPTER VIII. THE CAPITAL CHARGE
CHAPTER IX. A BROKEN-HEARTED WOMAN
CHAPTER X. THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY
CHAPTER XI. MR. ERRINGTON
CHAPTER XII. THE LIVERPOOL MYSTERY
CHAPTER XIII. A CUNNING RASCAL
CHAPTER XIV. THE EDINBURGH MYSTERY
CHAPTER XV. A TERRIBLE PLIGHT
CHAPTER XVI "NON PROVEN"
CHAPTER XVII. UNDENIABLE FACTS
CHAPTER XVIII. THE THEFT AT THE ENGLISH PROVIDENT BANK
CHAPTER XIX. CONFLICTING EVIDENCE
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI. THE DUBLIN MYSTERY
CHAPTER XXII. FORGERY
CHAPTER XXIII. A MEMORABLE DAY
CHAPTER XXIV. AN UNPARALLELED OUTRAGE
CHAPTER XXV. THE PRISONER
CHAPTER XXVI. A SENSATION
CHAPTER XXVII. TWO BLACKGUARDS
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE REGENT'S PARK MURDER
CHAPTER XXIX. THE MOTIVE
CHAPTER XXX. FRIENDS
CHAPTER XXXI. THE DE GENNEVILLE PEERAGE
CHAPTER XXXII. A HIGH-BRED GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN PERCY STREET
CHAPTER XXXV. SUICIDE OR MURDER?
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE END
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The man in the corner pushed aside his glass, and leant across the table.
"Mysteries!" he commented. "There is no such thing as a mystery in connection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon its investigation."
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"'Sir,—Your preposterous demands for money are wholly unwarrantable. I have already helped you quite as much as you deserve. However, for the sake of old times, and because you once helped me when I was in a terrible difficulty, I am willing to once more let you impose upon my good nature. A friend of mine here, a Russian merchant, to whom I have sold my business, starts in a few days for an extended tour to many European and Asiatic ports in his yacht, and has invited me to accompany him as far as England. Being tired of foreign parts, and desirous of seeing the old country once again after thirty years' absence, I have decided to accept his invitation. I don't know when we may actually be in Europe, but I promise you that as soon as we touch a suitable port I will write to you again, making an appointment for you to see me in London. But remember that if your demands are too preposterous I will not for a moment listen to them, and that I am the last man in the world to submit to persistent and unwarrantable blackmail.
"The second letter was dated from Southampton," continued the old man in the corner calmly, "and, curiously enough, was the only letter which Kershaw professed to have received from Smethurst of which he had kept the envelope, and which was dated. It was quite brief," he added, referring once more to his piece of paper.
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