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The Further Adventure of
the Amateur Cracksman
E.W Hornug
CyberWizard Productions
It cannot have been longer
before Lord Ernest came into his bedroom. Heavens, but my heart
had not forgotten how to thump! We were standing near the door,
and I could swear he touched me; then his boots creaked, there
was a rattle in the fender--and Raffles switched on the light.
Excerpt
Lord Ernest Belville crouched
in its glare with one Indian club held by the end, like a
footman with a stolen bottle. A good- looking, well-built,
iron-gray, iron-jawed man; but a fool and a weakling at that
moment, if he had never been either before.
"Lord Ernest Belville," said
Raffles, "it's no use. This is a loaded revolver, and if you
force me I shall use it on you as I would on any other desperate
criminal. I am here to arrest you for a series of robberies at
the Duke of Dorchester's, Sir John Kenworthy's, and other
noblemen's and gentlemen's houses during the present season.
You'd better drop what you've got in your hand. It's empty."
Lord Ernest lifted the club an
inch or two, and with it his eyebrows--and after it his stalwart
frame as the club crashed back into the fender. And as he stood
at his full height, a courteous but ironic smile under the
cropped moustache, he looked what he was, criminal or not.
"Scotland Yard?" said he.
"That's our affair, my lord."
