The Shadow of a Man

The Shadow of a Man
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Hornung Ernest William. The Shadow of a Man

I. THE BELLE OF TOORAK

II. INJURY

III. INSULT

IV. BETHUNE OF THE HALL

V. A RED HERRING

VI. BELOW ZERO

VII. A CAVALIER

VIII. THE KIND OF LIFE

IX. PAX IN BELLO

X. THE TRUTH BY INCHES

XI. BETHUNE v. BETHUNE

XII. AN ESCAPADE

XIII. BLIND MAN'S BLOCK

XIV. HIS OWN COIN

XV. THE FACT OF THE MATTER

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It was not Theodore, however. It was a man whom Moya was thankful not to have seen before. Nor was the face more familiar to Rigden himself, or less unlovely between the iron-grey bristles that wove a wiry mat from ear to ear, over a small head and massive jaws. For on attracting their attention the man lifted his wideawake, a trick so foreign to the normal bushman that Rigden's eyebrows were up from the beginning; yet he carried his swag as a swag should be carried; the outer blanket was the orthodox "bluey," duly faded; and the long and lazy stride that of the inveterate "sundowner."

"Eureka Station, I believe?" said the fellow, halting.

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"Yes, here he is!" exclaimed Moya, and sat like a statue in her chair. Yet the pose of the statue was not wholly suggestive of cold indifference and utter unconcern.

"Glad to find you in, Mr. Rigden," said the sergeant. "We're having a little bit of sport, for once in a way."

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