Name: The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 3
Author: J. S. Fletcher

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J. S. Fletcher, The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 3 (1924)

“ We all stopped, on the ridge of a rise of sandy turf, and listened, straining our eyes into the grey mist. But now we heard nothing; the sound of the oars had died away completely. And presently, Veller and his lantern going on in front, we went forward, slowly, and full of a certain fear, in the direction from which we had believed the cries to come.
It was Captain Marigold who first saw the horror on which we were all presently to stare and were never again to forget. Perhaps his eyes were sharper than ours ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 3 (1924)

“ When a man of that sort gets soft-sawdery, Ben, you look out for yourself. I’d rather see a burglar with a dark lantern and a pistol in his hand than a man like that, all soft speech and sugary smiles—far rather! ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 3 (1924)

“ Keziah smoothed out the folds of the black silk apron which she always wore of an evening, regarding them with her head on one side.
“Well, flesh and blood is flesh and blood, Ben,” she answered, “and, after all, he belongs to our particular blend, doesn’t he? You can’t very well show the door to a man who’s your own mother’s brother, can you, however bad you believe him to be? We’re half Krevins, ourselves—though we’re not bad eggs, such as he is.” ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 3 (1924)

“ It was a very still night; there was scarce a breath of wind, and all the sound we heard was the faint lapping of the waves on the beach. The moon was high above us, over the creek, but there was a great deal of cloud about, and all along the shore and over the sea there was white mist; we could see neither the dark belt of trees about Middlebourne Grange, the headlands at the opposite end of the creek, nor the old gallows at the extremity of the sand-spit. But it was a shifting mist, that—while we watched, it shifted ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 3 (1924)

“ The dead man had gold rings in his ears. And he had a gold chain across his waistcoat, and was carrying a good silver watch at the end of it, and wearing a good blue serge suit, and altogether he looked as if in life he had been in comfortable circumstances. Veller hastily examined some of his pockets and withdrew his hand, looking mystified.
“Money there!” he exclaimed. “Seems plenty o’ money, too. I don’t understand this, captain. He ain’t been robbed!”
“Bah!” said Captain Marigold, impatiently. “Do you think robbery’s the only motive for murder? ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Kang-He Vase — Chapter 3 (1924)

“ I remarked. “Business with some old friend of his.”
“Business!” she exclaimed, with one of her characteristic sniffs. “Aye, I’ll warrant him! Devil’s business, if any! And what friends has he about here, I’d like to know? ”

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