Black Tortoise:
The Black Tortoise: Being the Strange Story of Old Frick's Diamond
作者：Sparre, Christian, 1859-1940; Brækstad, Gertrude Hughes [Translator]
体例：题 章数：33
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共 33 题- THE BLACK TORTOISE
- BY
- FREDERICK VILLER
- CHAPTER
- I need hardly mention how useful my stay abroad has been to me.
- Suddenly Miss Frick clasped her hands together, and exclaimed:--
- I stood looking out of the window, when the door opened.
- Here was my first letter from Miss Frick:--
- I gradually learned to like him fairly well.
- I looked at my watch; it was exactly twenty-five minutes to eight.
- I went all round the garden; no one had come that way.
- He shook me by the hand as soon as I came in, and said:--
- I afterward gave him an account of the previous day's events.
- I stared at him.
- I sat down heavily and laid my hand on my heart.
- I decided to come to the point at once.
- I heard the mother mumble something, that "he" must soon come home.
- Having reached the hall, I asked hastily, "Do you know who I am?"
- I have seldom felt so uncomfortable.
- Her mother could now control herself no longer, and began:--
- I nodded.
- I took it with me to the window to examine it closely.
- I turned round to Mr. Howell. "It is Evelina, as I suspected."
- THE BLACK TORTOISE IN COURT
- The public prosecutor then began his charge:--
- I read as follows:--
- Monk smiled resignedly. "The photograph was only too genuine."
- Monk glanced at the photograph. "On the right side!"
- I collapsed.
- At the bottom was written in large, but irregular letters:--
- EVELINA REIERSON.
- Some months later, the following paragraph appeared in the paper:--
- ANOTHER VICTIM TO THE DEMON OF GAMBLING