Edgar Wallace

Name: Number Six and the Borgia — VIII. A Note from Nowhere
Author: Edgar Wallace

Number Six and the Borgia — VIII. A Note from Nowhere (1921)

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“Number Six and the Borgia — VIII. A Note from Nowhere”, published in 1921, is a work by Edgar Wallace. It explores elements such as Smith, Ross and Cæsar.

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Edgar Wallace, Number Six and the Borgia — VIII. A Note from Nowhere (1921)

“ I do not work, because I have brains, and because I do not regard human life from the same angle as the commonplace person; neither do you. Do you realize that if Mr. Ross at this moment sat down and wrote on a sheet of paper half a dozen lines, signed it, and had his signature witnessed by a chambermaid or a valet, those few lines would make us enormously wealthy men, and give us all the power in the world?”
“You mean if he made a will in our favor and providentially died?” said Smith.
“You're very direct,” Cæsar laughed softly. ”

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Edgar Wallace, Number Six and the Borgia — VIII. A Note from Nowhere (1921)

“ The figure that came past the door was not, as he had expected, a woman—but Ross himself! The old man had gone out and left the woman behind. For a while Smith was too bewildered to make a move, then, seizing his hat from the bed, he raced down the corridor in pursuit of the old man. He must have gone down by the stairs, for the elevator was descending as he reached the end of the corridor and he came to the ground floor in time to see the figure pass through the swing doors, out into the night. ”

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Edgar Wallace, Number Six and the Borgia — VIII. A Note from Nowhere (1921)

“ Smith nodded.
“If you and I wished to forge a little check, say on Mr. Ross' account, we have to overcome the suspicions and safeguards imposed by dozens of very intelligent men, all of whom would have to be hoodwinked separately. And then in the end we might fail.”
“That I have realized,” Mr. Smith agreed, with a grimace.
“Is it not a more simple matter,” mused Cæsar, “to induce Mr. Moss to sign a document of half a dozen lines?”
“That depends,” said Smith. “I should say that it would be a very difficult matter. ”

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Edgar Wallace, Number Six and the Borgia — VIII. A Note from Nowhere (1921)

“ If you or I were to burgle the Bank of England, there would be no hope for us unless we spent years of unremitting labor in organizing and preparing for our coup—and then the chances are that we should fail. ”

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Edgar Wallace, Number Six and the Borgia — VIII. A Note from Nowhere (1921)

“ Cæsar's eyes twinkled. Any tribute to the inevitability of his success pleased him. “At present my object in life is to prevent him signing those half dozen lines for anybody,” he said. “I particularly desire that Mr. Ross should die without making any provision for the disposal of his fortune.”
Smith looked at him in astonishment. “Do you really mean that?” ”

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Edgar Wallace, Number Six and the Borgia — VIII. A Note from Nowhere (1921)

“ Cæsar winced—the second score for Smith
“You discover her relationship with Ross, and persuade her to go aboard with you, waiting for the divorce which you think Welland will obtain but which he doesn't. Then the woman gets restless; perhaps her child dies. She certainly remains in the land of the living.” ”

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Edgar Wallace, Number Six and the Borgia — VIII. A Note from Nowhere (1921)

“ He strolled to the end of the passage to see if there were any hotel servants, but Bilton's is one of those eminently respectable hostelries patronized in the main by elderly people who retire early, and he walked back down the corridor and tried the door of 40. To his surprise it was unlocked and he stepped in, closing the door behind him. It would be a simple matter to explain how he, a stranger to the hotel, had walked into the wrong room. ”

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Edgar Wallace, Number Six and the Borgia — VIII. A Note from Nowhere (1921)

“ Cæsar's face went white and drawn and he looked his fifty, but the man with the absurd nickname went on remorselessly, for he was determined that Cæsar Valentine should put his cards down, face uppermost. “A woman marries a wandering fiddler, you say? ”

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