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Updated: May 13, 2025
The best that one can hope is that the unfortunate man may come back to his senses and give a clear account of everything. And may I ask what you design to do and if it is in my power to serve you personally in any way?" Jenny Pendean showed surprise at this question. She lifted her face to Brendon's and a slight warmth touched its pallor. "That is kind of you," she said. "I will not forget.
The correctness of Brendon's deduction was made manifest within an hour, and the operations of Robert Redmayne defined up to a point. A man was waiting at the police station George French, ostler at Two Bridges Hotel, on West Dart. "I knew Captain Redmayne," he said, "because he'd been down once or twice of late to tea at Two Bridges.
She put out her hand instinctively and it clutched Mark Brendon's arm where he sat next to her. He looked at her and saw that her eyes were fixed with strange doubt and horror upon Doria; while the Italian himself showed a considerable amount of surprise at Peter's conclusion. "Corpo di Bacco! Then " he asked. "Then we may be said to enlarge the scope of the inquiry a good deal," answered Mr.
The stones were naked and no stain of blood or indication of any intrusion upon the lonely spot rewarded the searchers. For three hours, until dusk began to deepen on the precipices above them, the men worked as skilfully and steadfastly as men might work. Then their fruitless task was done. Brendon's theory, so confidently proclaimed, had broken down and he confessed his failure frankly enough.
In no way could he be said to contribute to the gaiety of the little party. But when they were on their way out he whispered in Anna's ear. "Please let me drive you home. I want to talk to you, and I must return to-morrow." Anna hesitated. "We are Mr. Brendon's guests," she said, "and I scarcely think it would be nice of me to leave him alone with Sydney." Courtlaw turned abruptly to Brendon.
An acre round about had been walled, but as yet the boundaries were incomplete. Magnificent views swept to the west and south. Brendon's rare sight could still distinguish Saltash Bridge spanning the waters above Plymouth, where Cornwall heaved up against the dying afterglow of the west.
Indeed he knew that in the long run such a cheerful and versatile soul as Giuseppe was more likely to satisfy Jenny than he, for Doria would have all his time to devote to her, while marriage and a home must be only a part of Brendon's future existence.
It led to Menaggio through chestnut woods. The operations of the detective from the moment that he fell headlong, apparently to rise no more, may be briefly chronicled. When his enemy drew up and fired pointblank upon him, the bullet passed within an inch of Brendon's ear and the memory of a similar experience flashed into his mind and led to his subsequent action.
They ascended the hill side by side and the elder invited Doria's aid. "Between ourselves," he began, "I am not too well pleased with the way this inquiry is panning out. Brendon's all right and means as well as any bull that ever I worked with. He does a clever thing here and there as when he shammed death up on the mountain; but what was the sense of setting that trap and then missing his man?
Utterly mistaken as Brendon's theories ultimately proved to be, they bore to his weary brain the stamp of truth and he next proceeded to consider Doria's future attitude before the problem now awaiting him and his companion in crime.
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