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R. Austin Freeman. The Cat's Eye
The Cat's Eye
Table of Contents
PREFACE
I. — IN THE MIDST OF LIFE
II. — SIR LAWRENCE DECLARES A VENDETTA
III. — THORNDYKE TAKES UP THE INQUIRY
IV. — THE LADY OF SHALOTT
V. — MR HALLIBURTON'S MASCOT
VI. — INTRODUCES AN ANT-EATER AND A DETECTIVE
VII. — THE VANISHED HEIRLOOM
VIII. — A JACOBITE ROMANCE
IX. — EXIT MOAKEY
X. — A TIMELY WARNING
XI. — THE BLUE HAIR
XII. — FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH
XIII. — THORNDYKE STATES HIS POSITION
XIV. — BEAUCHAMP BLAKE
XV. — THE SQUIRE AND THE SLEUTH-HOUND
XVI. — MR BRODRIBB'S EMBASSY
XVII. — THE SECRET CHAMBER
XVIII. — THE CAT'S EYE
XIX. — A RELIC OF THE '45
XX. — QED
THE END
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R. Austin Freeman
Published by Good Press, 2021
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'Mr Drayton,' she began, 'was, as you probably know, the owner of a collection of what he called "inscribed objects"—jewels, ornaments, and small personal effects bearing inscriptions connecting them with some person or event or period. I saw a description of the collection in the Connoisseur a short time ago, and as I am greatly interested in inscribed jewels, I wrote to Mr Drayton asking if I could be allowed to see the collection; and I asked, since I am occupied all day, if he could make it convenient to show me the collection one evening. I also asked him some questions about the specimens of jewellery. In reply he wrote me a most kind letter—I have it in my pocket if you would like to see it—answering my questions and not only inviting me most cordially to come and look at his treasures, but offering to meet me at the station and show me the way to the house. Of course I accepted his very kind offer and gave him a few particulars of my appearance so that he should be able to identify me, and this evening he met me at the station and we walked up here together. There was no one in the house when we arrived—at least he thought there was not, for he mentioned to me that his housekeeper had gone out for an hour or so. He let himself in with a key and showed me into this room. Then he went away, leaving the door ajar. I heard him walk down the corridor and I heard a door open. Almost at the same moment, he called out loudly and angrily. Then I heard the report of a pistol, followed immediately by a heavy fall.'
