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Morrison Arthur. Adventures of Martin Hewitt, Third Series
Adventures of Martin Hewitt, Third Series
Table of Contents
THE CASE OF THE “FLITTERBAT LANCERS”
THE CASE OF THE DEAD SKIPPER
I
THE CASE OF MR. GELDARD’S ELOPEMENT
I
THE CASE OF THE LATE. MR. REWSE
I
THE AFFAIR OF MRS. SETON’S CHILD
THE CASE OF THE WARD LANE TABERNACLE
I
II
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Arthur Morrison
Published by Good Press, 2019
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“To do with it?” responded Hewitt, with an air of carelessness. “Well, well, I had my idea, nothing more. If the Wedlake jewels have nothing to do with it, we’ll say no more about it, that’s all. Here’s your paper, Mr. Hoker—only a little crumpled. Here also is the piece of cement. If the Wedlake jewels have nothing to do with the affair you may possibly want that too—I can’t tell.” He rose and placed the articles in Mr. Hoker’s hand, with the manner of terminating the interview.
Hoker rose, with a bewildered look on his face, and turned toward the door. Then he stopped, looked at the floor, scratched his cheek, and finally, after a thoughtful look, first at me and then at Hewitt, sat down again emphatically in the chair he had just quitted, and put his hat on the ground. “Come,” he said, “we’ll play a square game. That paper has something to do with the Wedlake jewels, and, win or lose, I’ll tell you all I know about it. You’re a smart man—you’ve found out more than I know already—and whatever I tell you, I guess it won’t do me no harm; it ain’t done me no good yet, anyway.”
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