The Adventures of Romney Pringle

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Richard Austin Freeman. The Adventures of Romney Pringle

The Adventures of Romney Pringle

Table of Contents

Preface

I THE ASSYRIAN REJUVENATOR

II. THE FOREIGN OFFICE DESPATCH

III. THE CHICAGO HEIRESS

IV. THE LIZARD'S SCALE

V. THE PASTE DIAMONDS

VI. THE KAILYARD NOVEL

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Richard Austin Freeman, John James Pitcairn

Published by Good Press, 2020

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There was a block in Newgate Street, and the cross traffic was stopped. Mr. Jacobs' hansom nipped through a temporary gap, grazing the pole of an omnibus, and being lustily anathematised in the process. But Pringle's cabman, attempting to follow, was imperiously waved back by a policeman.

"No go, I'm afraid, sir!" was the man's comment, as they crossed into St. Paul's Churchyard after a three minutes' wait. "I can't see him nowhere."

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