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Рафаэль Сабатини. Collected Stories Vol. I
Collected Stories Vol. I
Table of Contents
THE RED MASK
THE CURATE AND THE ACTRESS
The Royal Magazine, November 1899
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THE FOOL'S LOVE STORY
The Ludgate, June 1899
THE SPIRITUALIST
A Story of the Occult
MR. DEWBURY'S CONSENT
The Graphic, December 1, 1906
THE BAKER OF ROUSILLON
WIRGMAN'S THEORY
THE ABDUCTION
MONSIEUR DELAMORT
THE FOSTER LOVER
The Storyteller, October 1910
THE BLACKMAILER
The London Magazine, February 1912
THE JUSTICE OF THE DUKE
The Graphic, June 27, 1908
THE ORDEAL
The London Magazine, April 1913
THE TAPESTRIED ROOM
The Pall Mall Magazine, Dec. 1913
THE WEDDING GIFT
Pearson's Magazine, September 1913
THE SWORD OF ISLAM
IN DESTINY'S CLUTCH
Chapter I: Corsair of the Seas
Chapter II: Winds of Destiny
Chapter III: When the Galleys Came
Chapter IV: "Betide What May"
THE KING'S MESSENGER
Cosmopolitan, May 1930
THE END
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Rafael Sabatini
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I accounted for this by the knowledge that the Cardinal seldom raised, but rather lowered his voice, when angered, whilst André, aware of my vicinity, would probably take pains to keep his expostulations from my ears.
At length the door opened, and a figure emerged, clad in a black domino, the hood of which was so closely drawn over his head that I could not see whether he wore a mask or not. Behind him came another similarly clad, and so completely does a domino conceal the outlines of a figure that I did not know which was the Cardinal and which the valet, since they were both, more or less, of the same height. Nor, for that matter, would it have been possible to discern whether they were men or women.
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