Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott

Name: The Wheel of Death — The Vermilion Seal
Author: Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott

The Wheel of Death — The Vermilion Seal (1933)

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“The Wheel of Death — The Vermilion Seal”, published in 1933, is a work by Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott. It explores elements such as Grogan, restaurant and Dick.

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Vermilion Seal (1933)

“ She was young and slim and pretty. Her face was delicate and indicated that she was not accustomed to such a restaurant, nor to the characters who frequented it.
As she took a seat at a table, Grogan looked at her in frank surprise and one of the men in the booth pulled the curtain aside to peer curiously out at her.
The booth curtains fell hurriedly into place, and the voices behind them became so low that they could not be heard at all. The solitary waiter brought a fourth cup of coffee to the lone stranger. But the man called Dick left it untouched. ”

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Vermilion Seal (1933)

“ Burly Dan Grogan stood now near the rickety cash register, his yellowed teeth clamped tenaciously about an unlighted cigar. He had only three customers. Two men, hard-eyed and low- voiced, were smoking and drinking in one of the booths. At the back of the restaurant, near the door of the room which contained Grogan's safe and desk, was a man with plastered hair and high-waisted trousers who was consuming his third cup of coffee. ”

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Vermilion Seal (1933)

“ Grogan shrugged, rumbled a laugh and moved back to the cash register, to stand chewing his cigar while his eyes wandered continually back to the man who had called himself Dick. The stranger impressed him as a man who might prove useful.
Meanwhile Dick lit a cigarette and, without seeming to do so, strained his ears in the direction of the booth where the other two customers sat drinking and smoking. By listening intently, he was able to catch a few words of their conversation. Perhaps, as they drank more, they might speak more loudly. ”

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Vermilion Seal (1933)

“ In continued silence he took a chair and stared up at the pictures of boxers which hung upon the walls while Grogan, seated before his desk, filled two small glasses with whisky from a long-necked bottle.
"Here's how!" exclaimed Grogan, raising his glass.
"I don't drink," resumed Dick, leaving his glass untouched.
Grogan grunted and gulped his own drink without further hesitation. "Never hold that against any man," he commented, wiping his mouth, "Lots of good men killed every year by drink." ”

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Vermilion Seal (1933)

“ Joe obeyed sullenly after a moment of hesitation. Dick remained standing with his hand still under his coat.
"And you, stranger, sit down!"
"Go to hell!"
Big Dan Grogan stared at the stranger, shrugged his huge shoulders and broke into a smile. "Drink your coffee standing up if you like it that way," he grinned with seeming good nature. But on returning once more to the cash register, his hand touched a revolver which lay beneath a sheet of paper on a little table beside him. It was well to be prepared. The atmosphere of the restaurant was charged with the possibility of sudden destruction. ”

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Vermilion Seal (1933)

“ It was one of those rare, self introductions which are instantaneously genuine. He, flashily costumed, and she, in her cheap but becoming little dress and saucy hat, had become friends during the passage of a few seconds. ”

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Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott, The Wheel of Death — The Vermilion Seal (1933)

“ It would seem that the man must be of the underworld. But Grogan did not know him, and Grogan thought that he knew all the underworld characters of Manhattan.
The bulky proprietor was curious and uneasy. Things often happened in his small restaurant when he became uneasy. And when things did happen they usually happened so fast that he liked to be prepared. The stranger might be an imported gunman, waiting to rub out one of his best customers in some criminal feud. Dan strolled over to the stranger. ”

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