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Excerpt from The “Moth” Murder
William pope, coastguard, set down his mug on the table, drew his coat-sleeve across his mouth, then pushed away his used plate. Delving into his pocket, he withdrew, first his tobacco pouch and pipe, and then a copy Of the evening paper. Carefully loading and lighting the pipe, he began, after set tling well back into the depths of his not altogether uncomfortable chair, to glance over the card of the next day''s race meeting.
It was a lonely job this, watching night after night for distress signals that seldom went up; and for smugglers who never seemed to smuggle, at any rate not around this part of the coast.
After a lightning survey Of the whole programme he decided to have another look around before going more carefully in the matter of picking the winner of the the Big Race Of the day.
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William pope, coastguard, set down his mug on the table, drew his coat-sleeve across his mouth, then pushed away his used plate. Delving into his pocket, he withdrew, first his tobacco pouch and pipe, and then a copy Of the evening paper. Carefully loading and lighting the pipe, he began, after set tling well back into the depths of his not altogether uncomfortable chair, to glance over the card of the next day''s race meeting.
It was a lonely job this, watching night after night for distress signals that seldom went up; and for smugglers who never seemed to smuggle, at any rate not around this part of the coast.
After a lightning survey Of the whole programme he decided to have another look around before going more carefully in the matter of picking the winner of the the Big Race Of the day.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Lynton Blow
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266326960
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 292
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Lynton Blow
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781333604417
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 294
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