Ravensdene Court
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Fletcher Joseph Smith. Ravensdene Court
CHAPTER I. THE INN ON THE CLIFF
CHAPTER II. RAVENSDENE COURT
CHAPTER III. THE MORNING TIDE
CHAPTER IV. THE TOBACCO BOX
CHAPTER V. THE NEWS FROM DEVONPORT
CHAPTER VI. SECRET THEFT
CHAPTER VII. YELLOWFACE
CHAPTER VIII. WAS IT A WOMAN?
CHAPTER IX. THE ENLARGED PHOTOGRAPH
CHAPTER X. THE YELLOW SEA
CHAPTER XI. THE FIVE CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER XII. NETHERFIELD BAXTER
CHAPTER XIII. THE SPOILS OF SACRILEGE
CHAPTER XIV. SOLOMON FISH
CHAPTER XV. MR. JALLANBY – SHIP BROKER
CHAPTER XVI. THE PATHLESS WOOD
CHAPTER XVII. HUMFREY DE KNAYTHVILLE
CHAPTER XVIII. THE PLUM CAKE
CHAPTER XIX. BLACK MEMORIES
CHAPTER XX. THE POSSIBLE REASON
CHAPTER XXI. THE CHINESE GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER XXII. RED DAWN
CHAPTER XXIII. THE FOURTH CHINAMAN
CHAPTER XXIV. THE SILK CAP
CHAPTER XXV. CLEAR DECKS
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It was very evident to Claigue and myself, interested spectators, that the new-comer's announcement, sudden and unexpected as it was, had had the instantaneous effect of making Quick forget his beef and his rum. Indeed, although he was only half-way through its contents, he pushed his plate away from him as if food were just then nauseous to him; his right hand lifted itself in an arresting, commanding gesture, and he turned a startled eye on the speaker, looking him through and through as if in angry doubt of what he had just said.
"What's that?" he snapped out. "What says you? Say it again – no, I'll say it for you – to make sure that my ears ain't deceiving me! You met a man – hereabouts – what asked you if you knew where there was graves with a certain name on 'em? And that name was – Netherfield? Did you say that? – I asks you serious?"
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He nodded, very seriously.
"I'm not going out o' this country till I've found 'em!" he asserted determinedly. "It's what I've come three hundred miles for. Good-day, master."
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