The Red Thumb Mark

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Richard Austin Freeman. The Red Thumb Mark

CHAPTER I. MY LEARNED BROTHER

CHAPTER II. THE SUSPECT

CHAPTER III. A LADY IN THE CASE

CHAPTER IV. CONFIDENCES

CHAPTER V. THE 'THUMBOGRAPH'

CHAPTER VI. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL

CHAPTER VII. SHOALS AND QUICKSANDS

CHAPTER VIII. A SUSPICIOUS ACCIDENT

CHAPTER IX. THE PRISONER

CHAPTER X. POLTON IS MYSTIFIED

CHAPTER XI. THE AMBUSH

CHAPTER XII. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

CHAPTER XIII. MURDER BY POST

CHAPTER XIV. A STARTLING DISCOVERY

CHAPTER XV. THE FINGER-PRINT EXPERTS

CHAPTER XVI. THORNDYKE PLAYS HIS CARD

CHAPTER XVII. AT LAST

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"I had better," said he, "give you a general outline of the case as it presents itself to the legal mind, and then my client, Mr. Reuben Hornby, can fill in the details if necessary, and answer any questions that you may wish to put to him.

"Mr. Reuben occupies a position of trust in the business of his uncle, John Hornby, who is a gold and silver refiner and dealer in precious metals generally. There is a certain amount of outside assay work carried on in the establishment, but the main business consists in the testing and refining of samples of gold sent from certain mines in South Africa.

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He handed me the lens and I scrutinised every part of each hand without being able to detect the faintest trace of any recent wound.

"There is one other matter that must be attended to before you go," said Thorndyke, pressing the electric bell-push by his chair. "I will take one or two prints of the left thumb for my own information."

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