half-grewsome

Updated: July 7, 2026

Here the details were half-humorous, half-grewsome, each in turn as Raffles told me the story. In explaining this he gave me the one explanation I desired, and in another moment we turned into Praed Street, Paddington. "And I thought you said Bow Street!" said I. "Are you coming straight down to Richmond with me?"

E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung - Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman