Excerpt: ...of the cathedral announcing midnight. He waited, thinking deeply. The machine which had come a long journey? The lighted windows which the chauffeur watched? The whisper of voices from the street below him? There was mystery here. He crouched lower and watched the dark shadow of the arch below the house. CHAPTER XVI THE BEG OF RATAJ When Marishka reached the top of the stairs, entered the Harim, gazing terrified into the darkness from which she had emerged, she pushed aside the Kis-Kelim and listening fearfully ...
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Excerpt: ...of the cathedral announcing midnight. He waited, thinking deeply. The machine which had come a long journey? The lighted windows which the chauffeur watched? The whisper of voices from the street below him? There was mystery here. He crouched lower and watched the dark shadow of the arch below the house. CHAPTER XVI THE BEG OF RATAJ When Marishka reached the top of the stairs, entered the Harim, gazing terrified into the darkness from which she had emerged, she pushed aside the Kis-Kelim and listening fearfully for sounds of footsteps below, then closed the door, turned the key, and put her back against it, viewing with a new vision the interior which a while ago had seemed so friendly. Without Yeva who had given its disorder a personality, the room seemed alien, hostile and madly chaotic. For the first time since the reassurances of Captain Goritz in the green limousine as to her safety, she had a definite sense of personal danger. She was not timorous by nature, and the hope of success in her mission of atonement had given her the courage for the venture. She realized now that the will which had kept her buoyant through two arduous days and nights had suddenly forsaken her and left her supine, without hope or initiative. The actions of the man at the doorway below had frightened her. He had been so uncompromising in his ugliness. The shock of her awakening had been rudely unexpected, and had bewildered her with its brutal significance. She was a prisoner in this Turkish house, in an obscure quarter of a half Oriental town, and night was imminent, a night which seemed to possess untold possibilities for evil. What was to happen? Why had not Captain Goritz returned? Enemy though she now knew him to be, even Goritz was a refuge in this perilous situation. And yet it seemed certain that the man at the foot of the stairs was acting under his orders or under the orders of another who was accountable to him. Weakness overpowered her and she threw...
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1920, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1920 Small Format Reprint. Hardback. No Dust...
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Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1920 Small Format Reprint. Hardback. No Dust...
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1920
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Small 8vo. pp 316. Original publishers red cloth lettered black at spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. Slight rubbing, slightly split at head of hinge, otherwise very good with clean text.
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George Brehm art. Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. Book 3500 shelf. Gold-stamped deep red cloth. 1917 gift note FEP, clean text. Attr. dust jacket w/ light wear & a few small chips. (5) on last pg = 5th ptg. Collectible condition--best copy we've seen.
