The Golden Face: A Great 'Crook' Romance

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Le Queux William. The Golden Face: A Great 'Crook' Romance

CHAPTER I. PRIVATE AND PERSONAL

CHAPTER II. ROOM NUMBER 88

CHAPTER III. THE MAN WITH THE HUMP

CHAPTER IV. THE FOUR FALSE FINGERS

CHAPTER V. CONCERNS MR. BLUMENFELD

CHAPTER VI. AT THREE-EIGHTEEN A.M

CHAPTER VII. LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK

CHAPTER VIII. THE CAT’S TOOTH

CHAPTER IX. LOLA IS AGAIN SUSPICIOUS

CHAPTER X. THE PAINTED ENVELOPE

CHAPTER XI. THE GENTLEMAN FROM ROME

CHAPTER XII. THE SILVER SPIDER

CHAPTER XIII. ABDUL HAMID’S JEWELS

CHAPTER XIV. THE VENGEANCE OF TAI-K’AN

CHAPTER XV. OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY

CHAPTER XVI. THE MAN WHO WAS SHY

CHAPTER XVII. THE SIGN OF NINETY-NINE

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I accompanied him along the corridor to a private sitting-room at the end, numbered 88, and adjoining which was a bedroom. There he placed the suit-case upon the table, and taking a piece of paper scribbled a receipt.

“Better post that on to Rayne at once,” he suggested. “My wife will be here in a moment. We’ll have lunch later on.”

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“Now what I want you to do, Hargreave,” he said, “is to drown Lu Chang in the Seine. Lots of people in Paris, who are not lovers of dogs, are flinging them into the river because of the new excessive tax upon domestic pets. You will just toss Lu Chang over the Pont Neuf. The police can’t interfere, even though they see you. You will only have put the dog out of the world rather than pay the double tax.”

He watched my natural hesitation.

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