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Fergus Hume. The Red-headed Man
The Red-headed Man
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. AN EXTRAORDINARY CRIME
CHAPTER II. THE BLONDE LADY
CHAPTER III. MR. TORRY'S THEORY
CHAPTER IV. THE DEAD MAN'S NAME
CHAPTER V "DE MORTUIS NIL NISI BONUM"
CHAPTER VI. THE SECRETARY
CHAPTER VII. EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST
CHAPTER VIII. THE ROBBERY
CHAPTER IX. CAPTAIN MANUEL
CHAPTER X. DONNA MARIA
CHAPTER XI. UNEXPECTED EVIDENCE
CHAPTER XII. A CHANCE MEETING
CHAPTER XIII. A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
CHAPTER XIV. THE SECRET SOCIETY
CHAPTER XV. A WOMAN SCORNED
CHAPTER XVI. THE TURQUOISE RING
CHAPTER XVII. MORE MYSTERIES
CHAPTER XVIII. A STRANGE OCCURRENCE
CHAPTER XIX. ANOTHER PUZZLE
CHAPTER XX. THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS
CHAPTER XXI. DONNA MARIA EXPLAINS
CHAPTER XXII. THE LOCKET
CHAPTER XXIII. A CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXIV. A QUEER MESSAGE
CHAPTER XXV. THE MEETING IN HYDE PARK
CHAPTER XXVI. CONCLUSION
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Fergus Hume
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"As a kind of receipt, I suppose. Red-hair took the image in his right hand intending to put it into his pocket. At that moment, having the jewel in her possession, the woman struck at him with the knife she carried, and he, thrusting out his left hand to protect himself, caught at and tore the lace of her mantle. Naturally, as he had received his death-wound--he was stabbed to the heart, you know--the Blue Mummy fell from his clasp and was found on the ground near his body."
"Very ingenious," admitted Darrel sceptically, "But pure theory."
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