| The Middle of Things Contributor(s): Fletcher, J. S. (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798676178444 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.74 lbs) 226 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Book Excerpt: ...t now, as he paced down the passage, as lonely a place at that hour as you could find in all London. It was queer, he reflected, that he scarcely ever remembered meeting anybody in that passage.And then he suddenly paused, pulling himself up with a strange consciousness that at last he was to meet something. Beneath the feeble light of the one lamp Viner saw a man. Not a man walking, or standing still, or leaning against the wall, but lying full length across the flagged pavement, motionless--so motionless that at the end of the first moment of surprise, Viner felt sure that he was in the presence of death. And then he stole nearer, listening, and looked down, and drawing his match-box from his pocket added the flash of a match to the poor rays from above. Then he saw white linen, and a bloodstain slowly spreading over its glossy surface.CHAPTER IINUMBER SEVEN IN THE SQUAREBefore the sputter of the match had died out, Close.. |