Fergus Hume

Name: The Whispering Lane — Chapter 8
Author: Fergus Hume

The Whispering Lane — Chapter 8 (1925)

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“The Whispering Lane — Chapter 8”, published in 1925, is a work by Fergus Hume. It explores elements such as Slanton, Aileen and Danby.

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Fergus Hume, The Whispering Lane — Chapter 8 (1925)

“ Hustings suddenly rose from his chair, put his hands in his pockets, and looked down at the girl from his tall height. “I say, do you believe in the Unseen?”
“You appear to be full of unexpected remarks to-night, Dick. Yes, I do. Why?”
The young man strolled the full length of the room and back again before replying, finally halting before the girl. “I am a materialistic sort of chap myself: an agnostic, not knowing what to believe or disbelieve.”
“You apply that reasoning to Edith’s troubles,” said Aileen, meaningly, “but go on, explain yourself!” ”

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Fergus Hume, The Whispering Lane — Chapter 8 (1925)

“ Jenny may know something of that past and may be able to reveal things.”
“She won’t if she is in Slanton’s power.”
“You forget that the man is dead. His power, if he possessed any over the girl, is therefore gone. But the best thing to do just now,” said Dick, settling himself in his chair, “is to report my doings of this afternoon,” and he forthwith detailed what Trant had said: what Edith had confessed.
Aileen heard him to the end without interrupting, and her face was shining with pleasure when he concluded. “So you see that Edith is innocent,” she cried triumphantly. ”

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Fergus Hume, The Whispering Lane — Chapter 8 (1925)

“ The surface wavelets are my doubts of Miss Danby’s honesty; but the under-surge, fulfilling its purpose, is my belief in her innocence.”
“If you knew Edith as well as I do, you would have no doubts.”
“Wouldn’t I?” Dick again became ironical. “When she keeps the secret of her relationship to Slanton from you? That doesn’t sound as if you knew her intimately. I’ll say this much—that I believe Miss Danby to be a good sort, tangled up, against her will, in Slanton’s nets. And, although the man is dead, the nets still hold.” ”

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Fergus Hume, The Whispering Lane — Chapter 8 (1925)

“ She handed him her empty cup, made a gesture of refusal when he indicated a liqueur-glass, and folded her hands on her lap. “Only don’t call me names.”
“You are a trial, Aileen,” observed Hustings, calmly, “I’d like to shake you.”
“You did shake me,” she retorted, resentfully.
“For your good: for your good, my child. But Jenny—what do you know about her?” ”

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Fergus Hume, The Whispering Lane — Chapter 8 (1925)

“ Do the dead come back to haunt the living with suggestions?”
“I don’t see why they shouldn’t,” the girl pondered. “Since the war the barrier between this world and the next has become very weak. Well?”
“Well! I mean this: that all day long, someone—something has been at my ear, repeating one word, incessantly.”
“And the word?”
“The last Miss Danby heard Slanton say—Whispering!” Dick spoke in a low tone; adding in a louder one, “I believe that word is the clue to the truth.” ”

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Fergus Hume, The Whispering Lane — Chapter 8 (1925)

“ And when ’e wos coming fro’ the crib, night-time, ’e found me clawed-up in ther street—Jibbers Alley is the naime—by Isabeller Crane. So ’e acts the gent, ’e does, and taiks me to ’is ’orspital. When I got orl raight ’e ses as ’ow a laidy down ’ere wanted a gal, so I taikes on the job.”
Hearing for the first time of Jenny’s none too respectable past, Aileen shrank a little, to be immediately scowled upon by the girl. “Thet’s raight, Miss; jes’ you drawr your skirts fro’ a down-an-outer like me.”
“No! No! No!” Aileen rose to stand by the self-confessed sinner and pat her on the shoulder. ”

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Fergus Hume, The Whispering Lane — Chapter 8 (1925)

“ Considering the troubled state of things and the importance of the case creating that state, it was wonderful that he could settle himself so calmly to rest. But this he did, and successfully, for Nature, a generous lender but a hard creditor, demanded her dues, and got them. ”

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