Sax Rohmer

Name: Bat Wing — Chapter XIX
Author: Sax Rohmer

Bat Wing — Chapter XIX (1921)

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“Bat Wing — Chapter XIX”, published in 1921, is a work by Sax Rohmer. It explores elements such as Harley, Menendez and Knox.

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Sax Rohmer, Bat Wing — Chapter XIX (1921)

“ I wonder how I can induce him to requisition Scotland Yard?”
He rested his chin in his hand and stared down reflectively at the carpet. I thought that he looked very haggard, as he sat there in the early morning light, dressed as for dinner. There was something pathetic in the pose of his bowed head.
Leaning across, I placed my hand on his shoulder.
“Don’t get despondent, old chap,” I said. “You have not failed yet.”
“Oh, but I have, Knox!” he cried, fiercely, “I have! He came to me for protection. Now he lies dead in his own house. Failed? I have failed utterly, miserably.” ”

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Sax Rohmer, Bat Wing — Chapter XIX (1921)

“ After all, he represents the law; but unless we can get Inspector Wessex down from Scotland Yard, I foresee a miscarriage of justice. Colonel Menendez lay on his face, and the line made by his recumbent body pointed almost directly toward——”
I nodded, watching him.
“I know, Harley—toward the Guest House.”
Paul Harley inclined his head, grimly.
“The first light which we saw,” he continued, “was in a window of the Guest House. It may have had no significance. Awakened by the sound of a rifle-shot near by, any one would naturally get up.” ”

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Sax Rohmer, Bat Wing — Chapter XIX (1921)

“ Rolleston had made his report, and Inspector Aylesbury was now examining the servants in the library. Harley and I had obtained his official permission to withdraw, and the physician was visiting Madame de Stämer, who lay in a state of utter prostration.
“What do you mean, Harley?”
“I mean that he will presently make some tragic blunder. Good God, Knox, to think that this man had sought my aid, and that I stood by idly whilst he walked out to his death. I shall never forgive myself.” He banged the table with his fist. ”

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Sax Rohmer, Bat Wing — Chapter XIX (1921)

“ There is a little point which you may be able to clear up.”
Harley paused, his hand on the door knob, and turned.
“The point is this,” continued the Inspector, frowning portentously and lowering his chin so that it almost disappeared into the folds of his neck, “I have now interviewed all the inmates of Cray’s Folly except the ladies. It appears to me that four people had not gone to bed. There are you two gentlemen, who have explained why I found you in evening dress, Colonel Menendez, who can never explain, and there is one other.” ”

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Sax Rohmer, Bat Wing — Chapter XIX (1921)

“ Rolleston, “she asserts nothing. She sits there like Niobe changed to stone, staring straight before her. She seems to be unaware of the presence of everyone except Miss Beverley. The only words she has spoken since recovering consciousness have been, ‘Don’t leave me!’”
“Hm,” muttered Harley. “You have not attended Madame de Stämer before, doctor?”
“No,” was the reply, “this is the first time I have entered Cray’s Folly since it was occupied by Sir James Appleton.”
He was about to take his departure when the door opened and Inspector Aylesbury walked in. ”

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Sax Rohmer, Bat Wing — Chapter XIX (1921)

“ I cried.
“Yes,” said the physician. “She is a shell-shock case, of course, and we sometimes find that a second shock counteracts the effect of the first. This, temporarily at any rate, seems to have happened to-night. ”

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Sax Rohmer, Bat Wing — Chapter XIX (1921)

“ Knox.”
“Your reason I understand,” said the Inspector, “or at least your explanation is a possible one. But if the party broke up, as you say it did, somewhere about half-past ten o’clock, and if Madame de Stämer had gone to bed, why should Miss Beverley have remained up?” He paused significantly. “As well as Colonel Menendez?” he added.
“Look here, Inspector Aylesbury,” I interrupted, speaking in a very quiet tone, I remember, “your insinuations annoy me.”
“Oh,” said he, turning his prominent eyes in my direction, “I see. They annoy you? ”

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