The Four Corners of the World. A. E. W. Mason

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       A. E. W. Mason

      The Four Corners of the World

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066121617

Table of Contents

       THE CLOCK

       THE CLOCK

       I

       II

       III

       IV

       V

       GREEN PAINT

       GREEN PAINT

       I

       II

       III

       IV

       V

       NORTH OF THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN

       NORTH OF THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN

       ONE OF THEM

       ONE OF THEM

       RAYMOND BYATT

       RAYMOND BYATT

       THE CRYSTAL TRENCH

       THE CRYSTAL TRENCH

       I

       II

       THE HOUSE OF TERROR

       THE HOUSE OF TERROR

       THE BROWN BOOK

       THE BROWN BOOK

       THE REFUGE

       THE REFUGE

       PEIFFER

       PEIFFER

       THE EBONY BOX

       THE EBONY BOX

       THE AFFAIR AT THE SEMIRAMIS HOTEL

       THE AFFAIR AT THE SEMIRAMIS HOTEL

       I

       II

       III

       IV

       UNDER BIGNOR HILL

       UNDER BIGNOR HILL [1]

THE CLOCK

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THE CLOCK

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I

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      Mr. Twiss was a great walker, and it was his habit, after his day's work was done, to walk from his pleasant office in the Adelphi to his home at Hampstead. On an afternoon he was detained to a later hour than usual by one of his clients, a Captain Brayton, over some matter of a mortgage. Mr. Twiss looked at his office clock.

      "You are going west, I suppose?" he said. "I wonder if you would walk with me as far as Piccadilly? It will not be very much out of your way, and I have a reason for wishing your company."

      "By all means," replied Captain Brayton, and the two men set forth.

      Mr. Twiss, however, seemed in a difficulty as to how he should broach his subject, and for a while the pair walked in silence. They, indeed, reached Pall Mall, and were walking down that broad thoroughfare, before a word of any importance was uttered. And even then it was chance which furnished the occasion. A young man of Captain Brayton's age came down from the steps of a club and walked towards them. As he passed beneath a street lamp, Mr. Twiss noticed his face, and ever so slightly started with surprise. At almost the same moment, the young man swerved across the road at a run, as though suddenly he remembered a very pressing appointment. The two men walked on again for a few paces, and