The Eight Strokes of the Clock

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Leblanc Maurice. The Eight Strokes of the Clock

AUTHOR'S NOTE

I. ON THE TOP OF THE TOWER

II. THE WATER-BOTTLE

III. THE CASE OF JEAN LOUIS

IV. THE TELL-TALE FILM

V. THÉRÈSE AND GERMAINE

VI. THE LADY WITH THE HATCHET

VII. FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW

VIII. AT THE SIGN OF MERCURY

Отрывок из книги

Hortense Daniel pushed her window ajar and whispered:

"Are you there, Rossigny?"

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"That man and that woman must have died at the top of the tower, years and years ago … and their flesh rotted under their clothes and the ravens ate them."

"But it's hideous, hideous!" cried Hortense, pale as death, her face drawn with horror.

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