E. R. Punshon

Name: The Bittermeads Mystery — Chapter 14
Author: E. R. Punshon

The Bittermeads Mystery — Chapter 14 (1922)

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“The Bittermeads Mystery — Chapter 14”, published in 1922, is a work by E. R. Punshon. It explores elements such as Dunn, Deede Dawson and Clive.

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E. R. Punshon, The Bittermeads Mystery — Chapter 14 (1922)

“ Crouching in the shadow of the house, he listened intently, and soon was able to assure himself that there was but one footstep and that he would have only one individual to deal with.
“It won't be Deede Dawson's,” he thought to himself, “but it may very likely be some one waiting for him to return. I must find out who—and why.”
Slipping through the darkness of the night, with whose shadows he seemed to melt and mingle, as though he were but another one of them, he moved quickly in the direction of these cautious footsteps he had listened to. ”

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E. R. Punshon, The Bittermeads Mystery — Chapter 14 (1922)

“ The substantial proof this exercise in logic appeared to afford of Ella's innocence brought him much comfort, but did not lighten his sense of apprehension and unrest, for he thought that in this situation in which he found himself his doubts of Ella had merely been turned into doubts on Ella's part of himself, and that the one was just as likely as the other to end disastrously.
“Though I don't know what I can do,” he muttered as he stood in his attic, “if I gain Deede Dawson's confidence I lose Ella's, and if I win Ella's, Deede Dawson will at once suspect me.” ”

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E. R. Punshon, The Bittermeads Mystery — Chapter 14 (1922)

“ Dunn repeated, no less emphatically than before.
Clive made another rush that a somewhat prickly bush very effectually stopped.
“You—who are you—where—what—how dare you?” he gasped as he picked himself up and tried to disentangle himself from the prickles.
“Don't make such a row,” said Dunn from a new direction. “Do you want to raise the whole neighbourhood? Haven't you played the fool enough? If you want to commit suicide, why can't you cut your throat quietly and decently at home, instead of coming alone to the garden at Bittermeads at night?” ”

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E. R. Punshon, The Bittermeads Mystery — Chapter 14 (1922)

“ But Dunn's sharp ears had caught the sound of the house door opening cautiously, and he guessed that Deede Dawson had taken the alarm and was creeping out to see who invaded so late at night the privacy of his garden.
“Clear out quick! Quiet! If you want to go on living. I'll stop them from following if I can. If you make the least noise you're done for.”
Most likely the man they had seen in his company would be with him, and both of them would be armed. Neither Clive nor Dunn had a weapon, and Dunn saw the danger of the position and took the only course available. ”

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E. R. Punshon, The Bittermeads Mystery — Chapter 14 (1922)

“ When he heard this, Clive would have betrayed himself by some startled movement or angry exclamation had not Dunn's heavy hand upon his shoulder held him down with a grave and steady pressure there was no disregarding.
Deede Dawson and his unknown companion went on towards the house, and admitted themselves, and as the door closed behind them Clive swung round sharply in the darkness towards Dunn.
“What's it mean?” he muttered in the bewildered and slightly-pathetic voice of a child at once frightened and puzzled. “What for? Why should any one—?” ”

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E. R. Punshon, The Bittermeads Mystery — Chapter 14 (1922)

“ And secondly, unless he were greatly mistaken, John Clive might just as sensibly and safely have dropped overboard from a ship in mid-Atlantic for a swim as come to indulge his sentimentalities in the Bittermeads garden at night.
“You silly ass!” he said in a voice that was very low, but very distinct and very full of an extreme disgust and anger.
Clive fairly leaped in the air with his surprise, and turned and made a sudden dash at the spot whence Dunn's voice had come, but where Dunn no longer was.
“What the blazes—?” he began, spluttering in ineffectual rage. “You—you—!” ”

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E. R. Punshon, The Bittermeads Mystery — Chapter 14 (1922)

“ But then, if she distrusted him, that must be because she feared he was on her stepfather's side, and if it seemed to her that who was on his side was of necessity an object of suspicion to herself, then there could be no such bond of dread and guilt between them as any guilty knowledge on her part of Wright's death would involve. ”

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