The Herapath Property
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Fletcher Joseph Smith. The Herapath Property
CHAPTER I. JACOB HERAPATH IS MISSING
CHAPTER II. IS IT MURDER?
CHAPTER III. BARTHORPE TAKES CHARGE
CHAPTER IV. THE PRESSMAN
CHAPTER V. THE GLASS AND THE SANDWICH
CHAPTER VI. THE TAXI-CAB DRIVER
CHAPTER VII. IS THERE A WILL?
CHAPTER VIII. THE SECOND WITNESS
CHAPTER IX. GREEK AGAINST GREEK
CHAPTER X. MR. BENJAMIN HALFPENNY
CHAPTER XI. THE SHADOW
CHAPTER XII. FOR TEN PER CENT
CHAPTER XIII. ADJOURNED
CHAPTER XIV. THE SCOTTISH VERDICT
CHAPTER XV. YOUNG BRAINS
CHAPTER XVI. NAMELESS FEAR
CHAPTER XVII. THE LAW
CHAPTER XVIII. THE ROSEWOOD BOX
CHAPTER XIX. WEAVING THE NET
CHAPTER XX. THE DIAMOND RING
CHAPTER XXI. THE DESERTED FLAT
CHAPTER XXII. YEA AND NAY
CHAPTER XXIII. THE ACCUSATION
CHAPTER XXIV. COLD STEEL
CHAPTER XXV. PROFESSIONAL ANALYSIS
CHAPTER XXVI. THE REMAND PRISON
CHAPTER XXVII. THE LAST CHEQUE
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE HOTEL RAVENNA
CHAPTER XXIX. THE NOTE IN THE PRAYER-BOOK
CHAPTER XXX. THE WHITE-HAIRED LADY
CHAPTER XXXI. THE INTERRUPTED DINNER-PARTY
CHAPTER XXXII. THE YORKSHIRE PROVERB
CHAPTER XXXIII. BURCHILL FILLS THE STAGE
CHAPTER XXXIV. DAVIDGE’S TRUMP CARD
CHAPTER XXXV. THE SECOND WARRANT
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It struck Selwood, afterwards, as a significant thing that it was neither he nor Mr. Tertius who took the first steps towards immediate action. Even as he spoke, Peggie was summoning the butler, and her orders were clear and precise.
“Kitteridge,” she said quietly, “order Robson to bring the car round at once—as quickly as possible. In the meantime, send some coffee into the breakfast-room—breakfast itself must wait until we return. Make haste, Kitteridge.”
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“Have either of you gentlemen ever seen that before?” he asked. “I mean—do you recognize it as having belonged to—him? You don’t? Never seen it before, either of you? Well, of course he might have kept a revolver in his private desk or in his safe, and nobody would have known. We shall have to make an exhaustive search and see if we can find any cartridges or anything. However, that’s what we found—and, as I said before, one chamber had been discharged. The doctor here says the revolver had been fired at close quarters.”
Mr. Tertius, who had watched and listened with marked attention, turned to the police surgeon.
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