 and one business details that had no kind of interest for me? Could I dream of the seventy-five thousand pounds?" "Perhaps you might have seen or heard some vague account of the affair while you were abroad. It might have made no impression upon you at...  Monsieur Maurice. Leipzig 1873 - Page 171de Amelia B. Edwards - 1873 - 287 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1873 - 348 pages
...speak. " Mr. Benjamin Somers knows more than he chooses to tell," I said. " Humph ! do you think so ?" " It must be. He could not have come to the door without...to clear it up. I suppose we may as well go home." 108 CHAPTER III. A WEEK had not gone by when I •*•*- received a letter from the Secretary of the... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1879 - 498 pages
...Humph ! do you think so ? " " It must be. He could not have come to the door without seeing him. It 's impossible." " There is one thing not impossible,..." " Ay, by Jove ! there is the cigar-case. That is & stubborn fact. Well, it 'sa mysterious affair, and it will need a better detective than myself, I... | |
 | 1896 - 220 pages
...thing not impossible, my dear fellow." " What is that? " " That you may have fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing." "Could I dream of a branch line...is the cigar-case. That is a stubborn fact. Well, it 'sa mysterious affair, and it will need a better detective than myself, I fancy, to clear it up.... | |
 | William Patten - 1906 - 444 pages
...might have come back to you in your dreams, recalled perhaps by the mere names of the stations on th« line." "What about the fire in the chimney of the...better detective than myself, I fancy, to clear it vp. I suppose we may as well go home." A week had not gone by when I received a letter from the secretary... | |
 | William Patten - 1906 - 442 pages
...no; I admit there is a difficulty about that point." "And what about the cigar-case?" "Ay, by JoveJ there is the cigar-case. That is a stubborn fact....to clear it up. I suppose we may as well go home." A week had not gone by when I received a letter from the secretary of the East Anglian Railway Company,... | |
 | 1918 - 390 pages
...of? Could I dream of a hundred and one business details that had no kind of interest for me? Cotild I dream of the seventy-five thousand pounds? " " Perhaps...to clear it up. I suppose we may as well go home." A week had not gone by when I received a letter from the secretary of the East Anglian Railway Company,... | |
 | 2007 - 1412 pages
...details that had no kind of interest for me? Could I dream of the seventy- five thousand pounds?' 390 'Perhaps you might have seen or heard some vague account...to clear it up. I suppose we may as well go home.' A week had not gone by when I received a letter from the secretary of the East Anglian Railway Company,... | |
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