This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ...in such spirits last night; he looks twenty years older. He says after he and Clare went home he sat with his father in the study a considerable time, talking over business matters. They went upstairs about one o'clock and he went to bed at once, and heard nothing till he was awoke by some noise. He went down ... Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ...in such spirits last night; he looks twenty years older. He says after he and Clare went home he sat with his father in the study a considerable time, talking over business matters. They went upstairs about one o'clock and he went to bed at once, and heard nothing till he was awoke by some noise. He went down to see what it was; the library-door was locked, but he got in through the dining-room, and found Miss Barford lying senseless on the floor close to the escritoire, which was open; the shutters were open, and the window, though closed, was unfastened. Of course they got help at once, but the poor old lady only recovered consciousness for a few moments, just before she died, and could of course tell them nothing." " How much is gone?" asked Mr. Caw-thorne. " That is the strangest part of the story," replied Sir Clement, v Dr. Barford has a bad habit of keeping a good deal of money in the house, and there was two hundred pounds in the escritoire made up in rouleaux of twenty pounds each. Only two of these have been taken, and one blank cheque from his chequebook." " One cheque!" "Yes; and, unfortunately, it was not observed at first. I say unfortunately because, if it had been, he could have telegraphed at once to his banker. It seems he has been extremely uncertain as to what investment he should select for that hundred thousand pounds which was left him a short time ago, and has very imprudently kept the whole at his banker's, instead of leaving it in consols while he was making up his mind. Use has VOL. HI. ' L been made of the cheque, for, on telegraphing up just now, the answer was returned that a cheque for eighty thousand pounds was presented this morning." " But of course it was paid in notes; they can be traced." " I should think so... Read Less
