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The thing in the woods
作者：Williams, Harper
体例：题 章数：98
字数：270,340 来源：Project Gutenberg
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章节目录
共 98 题- BY
- HARPER WILLIAMS
- Published :: 1924
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER
- THE THING IN THE WOODS
- LENNOX SAYS GOOD-BYE
- I glanced at the signature below the letter.
- II
- THE LIGHT IN THE WOODS
- III
- A MYSTERIOUS CALL
- I fancied she looked at me rather curiously.
- I sat down. I had dealt with his type before, and I waited.
- I could no more be angry with him than with a sick child.
- I expected denial. Instead his eyes merely narrowed, appreciatively.
- I turned to Miss Lessing.
- IV
- DUTCHMAN'S HILL
- I looked at him hard.
- I laughed in spite of myself. Mr. Johnson looked sulky.
- I pushed a quarter over to him.
- I rose.
- THE DEAD CYCLIST
- I held the packet out to him. He eyed first it, then me.
- He said: "How about the murders in the Rue Morgue?"
- I was unguarded. He looked up sharply.
- VI
- A BOYCOTTED HOUSEHOLD
- I gazed at the jagged gash already achieved in the peach-can.
- Miss Lessing cast a quick glance at me. "Where----?"
- I scratched a match, stooping toward my bicycle lantern.
- VII
- WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LABORATORY
- I took the hint.
- I nodded.
- I moved impatiently. "But what other way could it have reached you?"
- I moved in my chair.
- VIII
- I GO FISHING
- She brought her eyes to earth swiftly. "Who told you?"
- I could feel her eyes fixed on me, and I knew what was in her mind.
- She was quick. "Then there is something?"
- I ignored the unfinished sentence.
- I turned to Mary Lessing, walking beside me.
- IX
- PROBLEMS
- THE CHICKEN-HUCKSTER'S HOUSE
- I remembered her face suddenly.
- I nodded.
- XI
- JAKEY WALKS
- I told Herrick I would drop him at the house.
- I went to the bedside and put my hand on her wrist.
- I gave the mare a light touch with the whip.
- XII
- MR. CROWFOOT
- I laughed. "Oh, I only smoke a pipe, as a rule!"
- XIII
- AN AFTERNOON DRIVE
- I set my teeth.
- I flicked the mare with the whip.
- XIV
- THE CRY IN THE NIGHT
- I lit a cigarette.
- XV
- SUSPICIONS
- I rose, and walked the few paces to the top of the gate.
- I shook my head.
- XVI
- I CATCH A BURGLAR
- XVII
- A MIDNIGHT CHASE
- I went back to Lennox and the sheriff, standing a little apart.
- XVIII
- LENNOX'S STORY
- I hesitated.
- XIX
- THE MILL DAM
- I rubbed my eyes.
- I told them the story as briefly as I could.
- I let down the bars and we passed through into the field.
- I smiled.
- I paused, held by a vague trouble in her eyes.
- XX
- WHAT WE FOUND IN THE SAW-MILL
- I nodded.
- XXI
- THE THING IN THE WOODS
- I glanced at Herrick. He nodded.
- XXII
- THE SILVER BULLET
- I had to tell her, breaking it as gently as I could.
- I left Mary with him, and walked back along the road to meet Herrick.
- I remembered his words the night before.
- I was silent.
- I stopped short, taken with a sudden shudder.
- THE END