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R. Austin Freeman. The Shadow of the Wolf
The Shadow of the Wolf
Table of Contents
I. — IN WHICH TWO MEN GO FORTH AND ONE ARRIVES
II. — IN WHICH MARGARET PURCELL RECEIVES A LETTER
III. — IN WHICH MARGARET PURCELL CONSULTS MR. PENFIELD
IV. — IN WHICH MARGARET CONFERS WITH DR. THORNDYKE
V. — IN WHICH THORNDYKE MAKES A FEW INQUIRIES
VI. — IN WHICH MR. VARNEY PREPARES A DECEPTION
VII. — THE FLASH NOTE FACTORY
VIII. — IN WHICH THORNDYKE TRIES OVER THE MOVES
IX. — IN WHICH MR. PENFIELD RECEIVES A SHOCK
X. — IN WHICH THORNDYKE SEES A NEW LIGHT
XI. — IN WHICH VARNEY HAS AN INSPIRATION
XII. — IN WHICH VARNEY ONCE MORE PULLS THE STRINGS
XIII. — IN WHICH THE MEDICO-LEGAL WORM ARRIVES
XIV. — IN WHICH MR. VARNEY IS DISILLUSIONED
XV. — IN WHICH THORNDYKE OPENS THE ATTACK
XVI. — IN WHICH JOHN RODNEY IS CONVINCED
XVII. — IN WHICH THERE IS A MEETING AND A FAREWELL
THE END
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R. Austin Freeman
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Thus the two figures remained for some seconds motionless like some horrible waxworks, until the little yacht, lifting to the swell, gave a more than usually lively curvet, when Purcell rolled over on to his back, and Varney relaxed the rigidity of his posture like a golf player who has watched his ball drop. He bent over the prostrate figure with no emotion but curiosity. Looked into the wide-open, clear blue eyes, noted how the great red face had faded to a pallid mauve, against which the blood on lips and chin stood out like the painted patches on a clown's face; but he felt not a single twinge of compunction.
Purcell was dead. That was the salient fact. The head wagged to and fro as the yacht pitched and rolled, the limp arms and legs seemed to twitch, the limp body to writhe uneasily. But Varney was not disturbed. Lifeless things will move on an unsteady deck. He was only interested to notice how the passive movements produced the illusion of life. But it was only illusion. Purcell was dead. There was no doubt of that.
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