J. S. Fletcher

Name: The Markenmore Mystery — Chapter 18
Author: J. S. Fletcher

The Markenmore Mystery — Chapter 18 (1923)

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“The Markenmore Mystery — Chapter 18”, published in 1923, is a work by J. S. Fletcher. It explores elements such as Guy Markenmore, Blick and Margaret Hilson.

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J. S. Fletcher, The Markenmore Mystery — Chapter 18 (1923)

“ With this Mr. Fransemmery, nodding at Mrs. Braxfield with the warning expression of a sage counsellor, rose to take his leave; his Airedale terrier, hitherto sleeping with one eye open under the table, rose too; accompanied by Blick they sallied out into the night; dark, save for the light of stars, for the moon had not yet risen. In silence they threaded the garden paths of Woodland Cottage and emerged upon the open hill-side.
"Queer revelations!" muttered Blick at last as they paced slowly across the close-cropped turf. "I gather that you believe this story about Guy Markenmore's marriage?" ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Markenmore Mystery — Chapter 18 (1923)

“ I don't believe Guy Markenmore ever married that girl—not I! He may have taken her away with him, and they may have lived together in London, and there may be a child—but all that doesn't prove any marriage, Mr. Fransemmery!"
"What about the inscription on the tombstone, Mrs. Braxfield?" suggested Mr. Fransemmery. "My informant saw it!— and I take Margaret Hilson to be a truthful woman."
"I'm not saying anything against Margaret Hilson," retorted Mrs. Braxfield. "A decent enough woman! And I don't deny that she may have seen such an inscription. But that proves nothing. ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Markenmore Mystery — Chapter 18 (1923)

“ There's a Sir Guy Markenmore in Markenmore Court tonight!—and he's six years old!"
"Then Guy Markenmore did marry Myra Halliwell?" said Mr. Fransemmery.
"He did!—when they both left here," answered Chilford. "And they lived very quietly, Clapham or Tooting or Wandsworth way, at first. Later, she lived there alone—he was a good deal away from her, and had a West End flat. She died—but there's the boy. Quillamane knows the whole thing—has all the papers, marriage certificates, birth certificates, everything: he has been in Guy's confidence all along. ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Markenmore Mystery — Chapter 18 (1923)

“ Blick put a hand in his coat pocket and produced something which, under pressure of his fingers, gave a sharp metallic click, followed by a steady glare of light.
"There you are!" he said. "Electric torches are better than lanterns. Where is he?"
Mr. Fransemmery forced aside the bushes behind which the Airedale was busy, and revealed him at work, digging furiously at a cavity in the bank. The terrier turned his head, blinked at the light, and went on with his task more eagerly. Mr. Fransemmery sniffed. ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Markenmore Mystery — Chapter 18 (1923)

“ Fransemmery. "I have wondered, generally, if Mrs. Tretheroe told all she might have told; if she was candid, open, ingenuous, truthful. Between ourselves, I think she's a vain, selfish, silly woman—and as stupid as such a woman always is!"
"Stupidity of that sort is very often allied with a good deal of cunning, isn't it, though?" suggested Blick. "She's struck me—what bit I've seen of her—as the sort of woman who could play a game." ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Markenmore Mystery — Chapter 18 (1923)

“ Fransemmery firmly. "Putting everything together—I do! The woman from whom I got my information today, Margaret Hilson, is the sort of person that makes an ideal witness—you know what I mean. The sort that tells just what she knows, doesn't want to add or subtract, embellish or disfigure, gives a plain affirmation or an equally plain negative; the sort, in fact, that hasn't the imagination necessary to a deviation from truth. ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Markenmore Mystery — Chapter 18 (1923)

“ Fransemmery. "The marriage took place in London, three months ago, in the mother's presence."
"Then Madam Braxfield will be the angriest woman in Christendom when she hears of this!" exclaimed Chilford. "Of course, she was hoping that Guy was dead long since, and nobody'd ever heard of him for seven years, and that Harry would get the title, and Poppy be my Lady Markenmore! Well—that's knocked on the head! Queer business! ”

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J. S. Fletcher, The Markenmore Mystery — Chapter 18 (1923)

“ When the child's mother died, the child was placed in the hands of Quillamane's sister, who's now with him at the Court—they're all there: I took them up, myself."
"And Harry Markenmore and his sister—how did they take it?" asked Mr. ”

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