The Chase of the Golden Plate - Jacques Futrelle - Książki - Independently Published - 9798685529244 - 27 lutego 2021
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The Chase of the Golden Plate

Jacques Futrelle

The Chase of the Golden Plate

Book Excerptstraight. The sum total of everyone's knowledge, therefore, was this: Soon after the grand march a servant entered the smoking room and found the Burglar there alone, standing beside an open window, looking out. This smoking room connected, by a corridor, with a small dining room where the Randolph gold plate was kept in ostentatious seclusion. As the servant entered the smoking-room the Burglar turned away from the window and went out into the ballroom. He did not carry a bundle; he did not appear to be excited. Fifteen or twenty minutes later the servant discovered that eleven plates of the gold service, valued roughly at $15,000, were missing. He informed Mr. Randolph. The information, naturally enough, did not elevate the host's enjoyment of the ball, and he did things hastily. Meanwhile--that is, between the time when the Burglar left the smoking-room and the time when he passed out the front door--the Burglar had talked earnestly with a masked Girl of the West. It was establ

Media Książki     Paperback Book   (Książka z miękką okładką i klejonym grzbietem)
Wydane 27 lutego 2021
ISBN13 9798685529244
Wydawcy Independently Published
Strony 124
Wymiary 152 × 229 × 7 mm   ·   176 g
Język English  

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