Raffles
FURTHER ADVENTURES OF THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN
by E. W. Hornung
Contents
| [NO SINECURE] |
| [A JUBILEE PRESENT] |
| [THE FATE OF FAUSTINA] |
| [THE LAST LAUGH] |
| [TO CATCH A THIEF] |
| [AN OLD FLAME] |
| [THE WRONG HOUSE] |
| [THE KNEES OF THE GODS] |
RAFFLES
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I
I am still uncertain which surprised me more, the telegram calling my attention to the advertisement, or the advertisement itself. The telegram is before me as I write. It would appear to have been handed in at Vere Street at eight o’clock in the morning of May 11, 1897, and received before half-past at Holloway B.O. And in that drab region it duly found me, unwashen but at work before the day grew hot and my attic insupportable.