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BOOKS BY A. E. W. MASON
Published By CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
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THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE WORLD. _net_ $1.50 THE BROKEN ROAD. _net_ $1.35 AT THE VILLA ROSE. Illustrated. _net_ $1.35 THE TURNSTILE. _net_ $1.35 THE WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE. _net_ $1.35
THE FOUR CORNERS
OF THE WORLD
THE FOUR CORNERS
OF THE WORLD
BY
A. E. W. MASON
CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS NEW YORK :: :: :: 1917
Copyright, 1917, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
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Published October, 1917
Copyright, 1909, by THE CURTIS PUBLISHING CO. Copyright, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1917, By A. E. W. MASON Copyright, 1914, 1915, 1917, By THE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE CO.
CONTENTS
The Clock.
Green Paint.
North of the Tropic of Capricorn.
One of Them.
Raymond Byatt.
The Crystal Trench.
The House of Terror.
The Brown Book.
The Refuge.
Peiffer.
The Ebony Box.
The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel.
Under Bignor Hill.
THE CLOCK
THE CLOCK
I
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.
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: The Four Corners of the World by A. E. W. Mason
- 2: Twiss cast an uneasy glance behind him
- 3: An impression conveyed by Archie Cranfield himself
- 4: Then Linfield asked 'But is he dead
- 5: Linfield and Chalmers leave to day
- 6: Twiss and Archie Cranfield were the last to go
- 7: And for a moment Cranfield looked at him with knotted brows
- 8: Twiss attended the inquest and the funeral
- 9: Twiss turned sternly to the man
- 10: Stiles turned with an angry glance towards me
- 11: I looked at the clock upon the mantelshelf
- 12: Stiles had gone straight on listening
- 13: Brayton was writing letters in his room
- 14: But from time to time Juan Ballester did magnanimous things
- 15: Ballester turned to Harry Vandeleur and took him by the arm
- 16: Under a considerable obligation to Ballester
- 17: In spite of my promise to Harry Vandeleur
- 18: Benandalla was the name of a farm which Ballester owned
- 19: What grounds had Ballester for his threat
- 20: Calavera was nowhere to be found
- 21: But undoubtedly signed by Santiago Calavera
- 22: If I threw in my lot with Juan Ballester
- 23: Ballester had foreseen that Olivia would follow her father
- 24: I took the Senorita Olivia to the station
- 25: Harry Vandeleur would be stopped
- 26: A solid man with business interests of his own in Maldivia
- 27: Olivia must escape from the country on the Ariadne
- 28: But I did not contradict Ballester
- 29: Ballester never troubled about such trifles as consistency
- 30: Crowninshield was aflame with his project
- 31: In the darkness of the garden Olivia could slip away
- 32: They were on the watch at Las Cuevas
- 33: Ballester stood and watched her
- 34: Ballester offered her a cigarette
- 35: Ballester turned abruptly away
- 36: I have never asked Harry Vandeleur
- 37: Cried Juan Ballester violently
- 38: You will take care of Miss Endicott
- 39: Endicott smiled grimly at his daughter
- 40: Tyson was obviously inclined to fuss
- 41: Endicott quickly struck a match
- 42: And the boat was short of its complement in the stokehold
- 43: He had placed the dilemma before Endicott
- 44: And seeing Endicott at the gate he leapt into the air
- 45: Endicott caught her to his breast
- 46: Tyson heard him whisper in her daughter's ear
- 47: Tyson with a dreadful appeal in his eyes
- 48: George Crawley was killed at Mons
- 49: When he pulled the Boulotte up on the mud of Wootton Creek
- 50: The saloon door opened into the cockpit
- 51: But Slingsby saw the torrent of confession coming
- 52: Slingsby never once interrupted him
- 53: Anthony Strange was a Godsend to him
- 54: By which time Slingsby was on board the Boulotte
- 55: The Boulotte went away to the minute
- 56: The Boulotte slid gently alongside of it
- 57: Royle called upon his friend Henry Groome
- 58: Royle at once extremely shy and inordinately proud
- 59: Dorman Royle rose from his chair
- 60: Royle began to revert to his original fancy
- 61: Ina wanting you and I wondered
- 62: Royle tried to remember the name
- 63: The name conveyed nothing to Royle
- 64: He knew that they were chloral crystals
- 65: Royle leaned forward with a start
- 66: He broke through the group and came towards Challoner
- 67: Challoner turned and looked down and across the valley
- 68: The traverse of the Weisshorn from the Schallijoch
- 69: And after a rest were able to come on to Randa
- 70: Challoner hurried out into the garden
- 71: Challoner brought down his two
- 72: Challoner could not but admire her
- 73: Dimly Challoner began to understand
- 74: Late in the afternoon he burst into the hotel at Randa
- 75: And Challoner summoned the porters
- 76: Glynn was dragged into mysteries
- 77: Glynn laid the letter down again
- 78: Glynn saw Thresk raise his head
- 79: Thresk turned sharply back again
- 80: Thresk suddenly checked his laughter
- 81: And Thresk turned carelessly to Glynn
- 82: McCulloughs have succeeded McCulloughs
- 83: Glynn declared stoutly to himself
- 84: Thresk did not reply to the accusation directly
- 85: And he suddenly swung round upon Glynn
- 86: Glynn been called imaginative before
- 87: Thresk sat down in a chair opposite to Glynn
- 88: Prosaic Glynn a sudden doubt whether
- 89: Glynn turned at once towards Linda Thresk
- 90: When Thresk told me that Channing had won you back
- 91: Even as Thresk had done an hour before
- 92: Except what Linda Thresk and Glynn called it
- 93: It's overwork John Rymer died of
- 94: With some acerbity Bradley Rymer did not go to church
- 95: Since already Violet Rymer was very much to me
- 96: Bradley Rymer suddenly became visible to me
- 97: I waited about half an hour before Bowyer came in
- 98: And the hilly road to Streatley
- 99: Do you think Rymer expected these men
- 100: Murgatroyd leaned forward and interrupted
- 101: Bradley Rymer had got wind of the operation
- 102: Retorted Harry Caston carelessly
- 103: Caston turned towards his companion
- 104: Caston looked up from his book
- 105: Caston did not replace the books and papers
- 106: Caston sat at the table with his fear increasing
- 107: And to what generation of Triminghams she belonged
- 108: Caston went across to the table
- 109: And Harry Caston flung out of the room
- 110: Caston picked the volume up from the floor
- 111: Some quack would have used his blundering knife
- 112: Braxfield appeared at my house
- 113: Braxfield is a Spanish merchant of means
- 114: Peiffer is an officer in the German Navy
- 115: And the letter came from Peiffer
- 116: Peiffer hitched his chair nearer
- 117: Peiffer was all smiles and agreement
- 118: Suddenly there was no more Peiffer
- 119: Peiffer began to write letters to Slingsby
- 120: Slingsby became a thing of broken nerves
- 121: Slingsby sat down in his chair
- 122: Peiffer shall eat of his own frightfulness
- 123: Behind me in the hut the Hauptmann struck up a song
- 124: Raincy was only five miles distant
- 125: Lay the dangers of Ville Evrart and Maison Blanche
- 126: You will return by Montfermeil and Chelles
- 127: This was the Chateau Villetaneuse
- 128: Drawing the cloak closer about her neck
- 129: Mademoiselle Sophie was becoming irritated
- 130: Mademoiselle Sophie moved away from the chess table
- 131: Open that drawer or I burst it open
- 132: I beg you not to unlock that box
- 133: It was addressed to Madame de Villetaneuse
- 134: Madame de Villetaneuse gave the dinner
- 135: In answer to Armand she raised her eyes quietly
- 136: Ricardo languished until one unforgettable morning
- 137: Calladine is still wearing evening dress
- 138: Calladine burst out in quivering tones
- 139: Calladine drew up a chair opposite to Hanaud and
- 140: But Joan Carew did not recover her gaiety
- 141: So far Calladine had spoken without an interruption
- 142: Calladine started with a horrible presentiment
- 143: Calladine sat watching the girl in silence
- 144: Calladine weighed her argument
- 145: If Calladine had turned hermit
- 146: Hanaud shut the door upon Calladine
- 147: Ricardo announced with sagacity
- 148: Why your young friend Calladine turned out of St
- 149: Ricardo repeated in a wondering voice
- 150: Fancy dress balls are familiar things to Calladine
- 151: Without another word to Calladine
- 152: Ricardo thought as he turned back with Hanaud
- 153: The same which Calladine had already related
- 154: Hanaud looked at the girl sharply
- 155: Hanaud neither agreed nor differed
- 156: Hanaud interrupted imperturbably
- 157: Hanaud was listening patiently
- 158: He informed Hanaud with quiet authority
- 159: Step by step Hanaud took her back to New York to her hotel
- 160: Hanaud made a schoolboy's grimace
- 161: Hanaud hardly touched his supper
- 162: Hanaud stood up and shook hands with the director
- 163: Joan Carew saw Andre Favart at Mrs
- 164: And Hanaud therefore wrote a letter
- 165: I should let Calladine find it all out for himself
- 166: He saw Clements and Andre Favart
- 167: Favart was borne down to the ground
- 168: But as Hanaud looked through the glass door he drew back
- 169: A trumpet sounds on the top of Bignor Hill
- 170: You have a trick of saying Calpurnius
- 171: Calpurnius To call some straggler back to Rome
- 172: Calpurnius Just for a little while
- 173: Calpurnius You would be unusual
- 174: Calpurnius Only Rome can destroy it
- 175: Stands between Calpurnius and attendants