The Crime Club (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Crime ClubAs he did so, the captain experienced a painful sensation. He felt a little cold ring of steel pressed against his right temple, and from past experience, both Objective and subjective, he knew that a Colt cartridge was held, so to speak, in leash within five inches of his head.It was very still on board the Gigantic. The liner rose and fell easily on the long, oily Atlantic swell of the Bay of Biscay. Moreover, there was upon the entire vessel that peace which comes be tween the post-prandial exercises, such as deck quoits, Of Atlantic passengers and the comparative bustle which arrives with tea-time. In Short, the hour was half-past three O'clock.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.