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Freeman Wills Crofts. Antidote to Venom
Antidote to Venom
Table of Contents
Chapter I. Venom: In the Family
Chapter II. Venom: In the Office
Chapter III. Venom: Through the Eye
Chapter IV. Venom: Through the Affections
Chapter V. Venom: Through the Pocket
Chapter VI. Venom: In Society
Chapter VII. Venom: Through Surroundings
Chapter VIII. Venom: Through Temptation
Chapter IX. Venom: In Action
Chapter X. Venom: Through Falsehood
Chapter XI. Venom: Through Murder
Chapter XII. Venom: Through Deceit
Chapter XIII. Venom: Through the Law
Chapter XIV. Venom: In the Mind
Chapter XV. Venom: In the Press
Chapter XVI. Venom: In the Conference
Chapter XVII. Venom: Through Interrogation
Chapter XVIII. Venom: In the Workshop
Chapter XIX. Venom: From the River
Chapter XX. Venom: The Reckoning
Chapter XXI. Venom: Through Death
Chapter XXII. Venom: Through the Tongue
Chapter XXIII. Venom: The Antidote
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Freeman Wills Crofts
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Driving to the wharves in Antwerp on his return from a holiday in Germany, a slight collision with another car had caused him to miss his boat. With some hours to spare before the next, he had naturally gravitated to the Zoo. In passing through the gardens he had observed on an office door the inscription, “Bureau du Directeur.” The idea that here was his life’s work leapt into his mind and his first care on returning to England was to make an appointment with the Director of the London Zoo to ask about possibilities.
Luckily or unluckily for him, it happened that at that very moment the Director was in need of a junior assistant. He took to his visitor personally, and was pleased not only with his obvious love for animals, but the fact that he was a qualified veterinary surgeon. To make a long story short, he offered him a job, which was instantly and rapturously accepted.
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