The Mystery of 31 New Inn

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R. Austin Freeman. The Mystery of 31 New Inn

The Mystery of 31 New Inn

Table of Contents

Preface

Illustrations

Chapter I

The Mysterious Patient

Chapter II

Thorndyke Devises a Scheme

Chapter III

"A Chiel's Amang Ye Takin' Notes"

Chapter IV

The Official View

Chapter V

Jeffrey Blackmore's Will

Chapter VI

Jeffrey Blackmore, Deceased

Chapter VII

The Cuneiform Inscription

Chapter VIII

The Track Chart

Chapter IX

The House of Mystery

Chapter X

The Hunter Hunted

Chapter XI

The Blackmore Case Reviewed

Chapter XII

The Portrait

Chapter XIII

The Statement of Samuel Wilkins

Chapter XIV

Thorndyke Lays the Mine

Chapter XV

Thorndyke Explodes the Mine

Chapter XVI

An Exposition and a Tragedy

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R. Austin Freeman

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Mr. Weiss seemed inclined to demur to this arrangement, but I had my own reasons for insisting on it. Modern prescriptions are not difficult to read, and I did not wish Mr. Weiss to know what treatment the patient was having.

As soon as I was left alone, I returned to the bedside and once more looked down at the impassive figure. And as I looked, my suspicions revived. It was very like morphine poisoning; and, if it was morphine, it was no common, medicinal dose that had been given. I opened my bag and took out my hypodermic case from which I extracted a little tube of atropine tabloids. Shaking out into my hand a couple of the tiny discs, I drew down the patient's under-lip and slipped the little tablets under his tongue. Then I quickly replaced the tube and dropped the case into my bag; and I had hardly done so when the door opened softly and the housekeeper entered the room.

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