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CHAPTER II. THE SECRET OF GABRIEL SYME CHAPTER III. THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY CHAPTER IV. THE TALE OF A DETECTIVE CHAPTER V. THE FEAST OF FE…
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“I will promise you a very entertaining evening.” Syme suddenly took off his hat. “Your offer,” he said, “is far too idiotic to be declined…
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“Comrades,” began Gregory, in a low but penetrating voice, “it is not necessary for me to tell you what is my policy, for it is your policy…
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Syme struck his hands together. “How true that is,” he cried. “I have felt it from my boyhood, but never could state the verbal antithesis.…
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Only the individual examples will express this half-concealed eccentricity. Syme’s original cicerone bore the title of Monday; he was the S…
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The red-haired detective who had masqueraded as Gogol rose to his feet without a word, and walked out of the room with an air of perfect no…
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“Did you know,” he asked, “that that man Gogol was one of us?” “I? No, I didn’t know it,” answered Syme in some surprise. “But didn’t you?”…
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Then his eye strayed downwards, and he burst out laughing. Though the Professor himself stood there as voiceless as a statue, his five dumb…
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“Oh, shut it,” said the man in spectacles. “Pull yourself together, and chuck away that bit of paper. What are you really going to do?” “Bu…
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The Professor gave a tired gesture. “Oh, don’t show it us,” he said wearily; “we’ve got enough of them to equip a paper-chase.” The little…
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“Four out of the five rich men in this town,” he said, “are common swindlers. I suppose the proportion is pretty equal all over the world.…
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“No,” said Syme, “they are formed along the parade.” “They have unslung their carbines,” cried Bull dancing with excitement. “Yes,” said Ra…
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The six unhappy detectives flung themselves into cabs and followed the elephant sharing the terror which he spread through the long stretch…
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When the carriages eventually rolled up to a large, low, cavernous gateway, another man in the same uniform, but wearing a silver star on t…