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by Dashiell Hammett| 1924| 0.1796875

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a selection from the story’s opening: -Mr. Leopold Gantvoort is not at home,- the servant who opened the door said, -but his son, Mr. Charles, is -if you wish to see him.- -No, I had an appointment with Mr. Leopold Gantvoort for nine or a little after. It’s just nine now. No doubt he’ll be back soon. I’ll wait.- -Very well, sir.- He stepped aside for me to enter the house, took my overcoat and hat, guided me to a room on the second floor-Gantvoort’s library-and left me. I picked up a magazine from the stack on the table, pulled an ash tray over beside me, and made myself comfortable. An hour passed. I stopped reading and began to grow impatient. Another hour passed-and I was fidgeting. A clock somewhere below had begun to strike eleven when a young man of twenty-five or-six, tall and slender, with remarkably white skin and very dark hair and eyes, came into the room. -My father hasn’t returned yet,- he said. -It’s too bad that you should have been kept waiting all this time. Isn’t there anything I could do for you? I am Charles Gantvoort.- -No, thank you.- I got up from my chair, accepting the courteous dismissal. -I’ll get in touch with him tomorrow.- -I’m sorry,- he murmured, and we moved toward the door together. As we reached the hall an extension telephone in one corner of the room we were leaving buzzed softly, and I halted in the doorway while Charles Gantvoort went over to answer it. His back was toward me as he spoke into the instrument. -Yes. Yes, Yes!–sharply–What? Yes–very weakly–Yes.- He turned slowly around and faced me with a face that was gray and tortured, with wide shocked eyes and gaping mouth-the telephone still in his hand. -Father,- he gasped, -is dead-killed!- -Where? How?- -I don’t know. That was the police. They want me to come down at once.- He straightened his shoulders with an effort, pulling himself together, put down the telephone, and his face fell into less strained lines. -You will pardon my–

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Author:Dashiell Hammett
Publication Year:1924
ISBN:9788479692513
File Size:0.1796875
Format:PDF
Price:FREE
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