The Penrose Mystery

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R. Austin Freeman. The Penrose Mystery

The Penrose Mystery

Table of Contents

BOOK I. — BEING THE NARRATIVE OF. ERNEST LOCKHART, BARRISTER AT LAW

I. — A GOSSIPY CHAPTER IN WHICH COMING. EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE THEM

II. — ALADDIN'S CAVE

III. — EXIT MR. PENROSE

BOOK II. — NARRATED BY CHRISTOPHER JERVIS, M.D. IV. — THE BURGLARY AT QUEEN SQUARE

V. — MR. BRODRIBB PROPOUNDS A PROBLEM

VI. — THORNDKYE EXAMINES THE RELICS

VII. — A VISIT OF INSPECTION

VIII. — MR. HORRIDGE

IX. — THORNDYKE TESTS A THEORY

X. — INTRODUCES MR. CRABBE

XI. — RE-ENTER MR. KICKWEED

XII. — MR. ELMHURST

XIII. — THE TRACK OF THE FUGITIVE

XIV. — JULLIBERRIE'S GRAVE

XV. — WHAT BEFELL AT THE WOOL-PACK

XVI. — MR. KICKWEED SURPRISES THE CORONER

XVII. — THORNDYKE RETRACES THE TRAIL

XVIII. — THE OPENING OF THE SAFE

XIX. — THORNDYKE'S DILEMMA

XX. — THE DILEMMA RESOLVED

XXI. — AFTERTHOUGHTS

THE END

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R. Austin Freeman

Published by Good Press, 2022

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"Exactly," said he. "Our friend Monsieur le Perroquet. Actually, I let him do most of the rooting about. He knows all the ropes, and, as we agreed, he doesn't demand payment through the proboscis."

"No," said I, "he doesn't appear to be grasping, to judge by the price of my own purchase; and I gather that you have got most of your stuff—I beg pardon; treasure—from him."

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