The Thirty-Nine Steps--Chapter 8
CHAPTER EIGHT: The Coming of the Black Stone
I came down to breakfast next morning, after eight hours of blessed dreamless sleep, to find Sir Walter decoding a telegram in the midst of muffins and marmalade. His fresh rosiness of yesterday seemed a thought tarnished.
“I had a busy hour on the telephone after you went to bed,” he said. “I got my Chief to s…
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