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R. Austin Freeman. For the Defence: Dr. Thorndyke
For the Defence: Dr. Thorndyke
Table of Contents
I. — THE LETTER
II. — ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS
III. — IN THE MIDST OF LIFE
IV. — THE SHADOW OF THE GALLOWS
V. — BLACK MAGIC
VI. — TWO INQUESTS
VII. — MOLLY
VIII. — THE DESERTED WIFE
IX. — THE AXE FALLS
X. — GAOL
XI. — THE LAST STRAW
XII. — DR. THORNDYKE
XIII. — PRISONER AT THE BAR
XIV. — THE EVIDENCE FOR THE PROSECUTION
XV. — THE WITNESSES FOR THE DEFENCE
XVI. — THORNDYKE'S ADDRESS TO THE JURY
XVII. — THE VERDICT
THE END
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R. Austin Freeman
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"Rather!" she replied, in a tone of deep satisfaction. "Of course, Bunsford is not like London, but there are quite a lot of good shops there. And didn't I turn them upside down! And didn't I make the money fly! You'll have to hurry up and sell some more pictures or we shall be on the rocks."
Now, Andrew knew quite well that this was all nonsense. Molly's little raids on the Bunsford shops were dissipations of the most inexpensive sort. She never nearly spent the hundred pounds a year that had come to her on her father's death. Nevertheless, he seized the opportunity. "Yes," said he, "it is about time I raked in some fresh supplies. There are one or two small things that I have got on hand, ready for the market. I must take them up to Montagu and turn them into cash."
