The Book of All-Power
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Wallace Edgar. The Book of All-Power
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCING MALCOLM HAY
CHAPTER II. A GUN-MAN REFUSES WORK
CHAPTER III. THE GRAND DUCHESS IRENE
CHAPTER IV. THE PRINCE WHO PLANNED
CHAPTER V. THE RAID ON THE SILVER LION
CHAPTER VI. PRINCE SERGANOFF PAYS THE PRICE
CHAPTER VII. KENSKY OF KIEFF
CHAPTER VIII. THE GRAND DUKE IS AFFABLE
CHAPTER IX. THE HAND AT THE WINDOW
CHAPTER X. TERROR IN MAKING
CHAPTER XI. THE COMMISSARY WITH THE CROOKED NOSE
CHAPTER XII. IN THE PRISON OF ST. BASIL
CHAPTER XIII. CHERRY BIM MAKES A STATEMENT
CHAPTER XIV. IN THE HOLY VILLAGE
CHAPTER XV. THE RED BRIDE
CHAPTER XVI. THE BOOK OF ALL-POWER
CHAPTER XVII. ON THE ROAD
CHAPTER XVIII. THE MONASTERY OF ST. BASIL THE LEPER
CHAPTER XIX. THE END OF BOOLBA
CHAPTER THE LAST
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It was a big underground room, the sort of basement dining-room one finds in certain of the cafés in Soho, and its decorations and furniture were solid and comfortable. There were a dozen men in this innocent-looking saloon when the girl entered. They were standing about talking, or sitting at the tables playing games. The air was blue with tobacco smoke.
Her arrival seemed to be the signal for the beginning of a conference. Four small tables were drawn from the sides and placed together, and in a few seconds she found herself one of a dozen that sat about the board.
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"That is what I desire," said Boolba, and Bim shook his head.
"It can't be done," he said. "I'm over here for a quiet, peaceful life, and anyway, I've got nothing on this fellow. I'm not over here to get my picture in the papers. It's a new land to me—why, if you put me in Piccadilly Circus I shouldn't know which way to turn to get out of it! Anyway, that strong arm stuff is out so far as I'm concerned."
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