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R. Austin Freeman. Mr Pottermack's Oversight
Mr Pottermack's Oversight
Table of Contents
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I. — MR. POTTERMACK MAKES A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER II. — THE SECRET VISITOR
CHAPTER III. — MR. POTTERMACK GOES A-SUGARING
CHAPTER IV. — THE PLACING OF THE SUN-DIAL
CHAPTER V. — DR. THORNDYKE LISTENS TO A STRANGE STORY
CHAPTER VI. — DR. THORNDYKE BECOMES INQUISITIVE
CHAPTER VII. — THE CRIMINAL RECORDS
CHAPTER VIII. — MR. POTTERMACK SEEKS ADVENTURE
CHAPTER IX. — PROVIDENCE INTERVENES
CHAPTER X. — A RETROSPECT
CHAPTER XI. — MR. POTTERMACK'S DILEMMA
CHAPTER XII. — THE UNDERSTUDY
CHAPTER XIII. — THE SETTING OF THE TABLEAU
CHAPTER XIV. — THE DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XV. — DR. THORNDYKE'S CURIOSITY IS AROUSED
CHAPTER XVI. — EXIT KHAMA-HERU
CHAPTER XVII. — DR. THORNDYKE RELATES A QUEER CASE
CHAPTER XVIII. — THE SUN-DIAL HAS THE LAST WORD
THE END
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R. Austin Freeman
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"Yes, I suppose I should be ready to take a bit of a risk. Well", he concluded, "if that was his lay, I hope he got picked up. I shouldn't like to think of the poor beggar drifting about the bottom of the river. He was a decent, civil little chap."
There was silence for a minute or two as the three men smoked reflectively. Then the constable proposed, as a matter of form, to cycle along the wall and make sure that the fugitive was not lurking farther down. But before he had time to start, a figure appeared in the distance, apparently mounted on a bicycle and advancing rapidly towards them. In a few minutes he arrived and dismounted on the path above them glancing down curiously at the jacket which the warder still held.
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