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Sapper. The Finger of Fate and Other Stories
The Finger of Fate and Other Stories
Table of Contents
I. — THE FINGER OF FATE
* * * * *
II. — THE DIAMOND HAIR-SLIDE
* * * * *
III. — THE BLACK MONK
§ I
§ II
§ III
§ IV
IV. — THE HIDDEN WITNESS
* * * * *
* * * * *
V. — THE TWO-WAY SWITCH
VI. — WILL YOU WALK INTO MY PARLOUR?
VII. — A HOPELESS CASE
§ I
§ II
§ III
§ IV
§ V
VIII. — THE UNDOING OF MRS. CRANSBY
IX. — A QUESTION OF MUD
X. — THAT BULLET HOLE HAS A HISTORY
XI. — THE IDOL'S EYE
§ I
§ II
XII. — A QUESTION OF IDENTITY
* * * * *
XIII. — FER DE LANCE
XIV. — THE GREEN DEATH
PART I § I
§ II
§ III
§ IV
PART II § I
§ II
§ III
THE END
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Sapper
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"I see it this way," he said to me. "I can't say that I want to risk my life on the spin of a coin. I can't say I want to fight this duel at all. But I've got to. I'm damned if I, an Englishman, am going to be found wanting in courage by any foreigner. If he refuses to fight on such terms, my responsibility ends. It will be he who is the coward."
