The supper party given by Mr. Julius Hersheimmer to a few friends on the evening of the 30th will long be remembered in catering circles. It took plac...
Sir James’s words came like a bomb-shell. Both girls looked equally puzzled. The lawyer went across to his desk, and returned with a small newsp...
Her arm through Jane’s, dragging her along, Tuppence reached the station. Her quick ears caught the sound of the approaching train.Hurry up,&rdq...
In his suite at Claridge’s, Kramenin reclined on a couch and dictated to his secretary in sibilant Russian.Presently the telephone at the secret...
For a moment or two they stood staring at each other stupidly, dazed with the shock. Somehow, inexplicably, Mr. Brown had forestalled them. Tommy acce...
In the street they held an informal council of war. Sir James had drawn a watch from his pocket. The boat train to Holyhead stops at Chester at 12.14....
JANE FINNMy train got in half an hour ago,” explained Julius, as he led the way out of the station. I reckoned you’d come by this before I...
Baffled for the moment, Tommy strolled into the restaurant, and ordered a meal of surpassing excellence. His four days’ imprisonment had taught ...
The troubles of the future, however, soon faded before the troubles of the present. And of these, the most immediate and pressing was that of hunger. ...
From a darkness punctuated with throbbing stabs of fire, Tommy dragged his senses slowly back to life. When he at last opened his eyes, he was conscio...