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John Buchan. Twelve Short Stories
Twelve Short Stories
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THE COMPANY OF THE MARJOLAINE
II
III
THE HERD OF STANDLAN
THE LAST CRUSADE
FRANCIS MARTENDALE'S STORY
THE BLACK FISHERS
AT THE RISING OF THE WATERS
THE GROVE OF ASHTAROTH
II
III
IV
AT THE ARTICLE OF DEATH
COMEDY IN THE FULL MOON
II
III
IV
'DIVUS' JOHNSTON
LORD LAMANCHA'S STORY
POLITICS AND THE MAYFLY
THE WIFE OF FLANDERS
THE FRYING-PAN AND THE FIRE
THE DUKE OF BURMINSTER'S STORY
PART I: The Frying-pan
PART II: The Fire
THE END
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John Buchan
Published by Good Press, 2021
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It was just before noon next day that the travellers arrived. I was sitting in the shady loggia of the inn, reading a volume of De Thou, when there drove up to the door two coaches. Out of the first descended very slowly and stiffly four gentlemen; out of the second four servants and a quantity of baggage. As it chanced there was no one about, the courtyard slept its sunny noontide sleep, and the only movement was a lizard on the wall and a buzz of flies by the fountain. Seeing no sign of the landlord, one of the travellers approached me with a grave inclination. 'This is the inn called the Tre Croci, sir?' he asked. I said it was, and shouted on my own account for the host. Presently that personage arrived with a red face and a short wind, having ascended rapidly from his own cellar. He was awed by the dignity of the travellers, and made none of his usual protests of incapacity. The servants filed off solemnly with the baggage, and the four gentlemen set themselves down beside me in the loggia and ordered each a modest flask of wine.
