THE SHADOW OF THE ROPE

BY E.W. HORNUNG

ILLUSTRATED BY HARVEY T. DUNN

1906

Library Card Details:

Description:  A crime mystery story

Classification:  Literature / Mystery / Crime

Publication Date:  1906

Length:  28 Chapters

Illustrations:  3 charcoal drawings

Book attributes:  Printable / No code required to open book

Book ID:  GC-TSR-Hornung

Download Size: 1.3 MB

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CHAPTER XXII

THE DARKEST HOUR

The amateur detective walked slowly up to Piccadilly, and climbed on top of a Chelsea omnibus, a dejected figure even to the casual eye. He was more than disappointed at the upshot of his wild speculations, and in himself for the false start that he had made. His feeling was one of positive shame. It was so easy now to see the glaring improbability of the conclusion to which he had jumped in his haste, at the first promptings of a too facile fancy. And what an obvious idea it had been at last! As if his were the only brain to which it could have occurred!