The Talleyrand Maxim

The Talleyrand Maxim
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Fletcher Joseph Smith. The Talleyrand Maxim

CHAPTER I. DEATH BRINGS OPPORTUNITY

CHAPTER II. IN TRUST

CHAPTER III. THE SHOP-BOY

CHAPTER IV. THE FORTUNATE POSSESSORS

CHAPTER V. POINT-BLANK

CHAPTER VI. THE UNEXPECTED

CHAPTER VII. THE SUPREME INDUCEMENT

CHAPTER VIII. TERMS

CHAPTER IX. UNTIL NEXT SPRING

CHAPTER X. THE FOOT-BRIDGE

CHAPTER XI. THE PREVALENT ATMOSPHERE

CHAPTER XII. THE POWER OF ATTORNEY

CHAPTER XIII. THE FIRST TRICK

CHAPTER XIV. CARDS ON THE TABLE

CHAPTER XV. PRATT OFFERS A HAND

CHAPTER XVI. A HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE

CHAPTER XVII. ADVERTISEMENT

CHAPTER XVIII. THE CONFIDING LANDLORD

CHAPTER XIX. THE EYE-WITNESS

CHAPTER XX. THE GREEN MAN

CHAPTER XXI. THE DIRECT CHARGE

CHAPTER XXII. THE CAT'SPAW

CHAPTER XXIII. SMOOTH FACE AND ANXIOUS BRAIN

CHAPTER XXIV. THE BETTER HALF

CHAPTER XXV. DRY SHERRY

CHAPTER XXVI. THE TELEPHONE MESSAGE

CHAPTER XXVII. RESTORED TO ENERGY

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE WOMAN IN BLACK

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As quietly and composedly as if he were discharging the most ordinary of his daily duties, Pratt unfolded the document, and went close to the solitary gas jet above Eldrick's desk. What he held in his hand was a half-sheet of ruled foolscap paper, closely covered with writing, which he at once recognized as that of the late John Mallathorpe. He was familiar with that writing—he had often seen it. It was an old-fashioned writing—clear, distinct, with every letter well and fully formed.

"Made it himself!" muttered Pratt. "Um!—looks as if he wanted to keep the terms secret. Well–"

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"I got it out for him, sir. He sat down—where you're sitting—and began to examine it. He said something about it being a nice copy, and he'd get it off that night—that's it, sir: I didn't read it, of course. And then he took some papers out of a pocket that's inside it, and I heard him say 'Bless my soul—who'd have thought it!'"

Collingwood picked up the book which the boy indicated—a thick, substantially bound volume, inside one cover of which was a linen pocket, wherein were some loose maps and plans of Barford.

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