William Le Queux

Name: The Czar's Spy — Chapter 6: The Gathering of the Clouds
Author: William Le Queux

The Czar's Spy — Chapter 6: The Gathering of the Clouds (1905)

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“The Czar's Spy — Chapter 6: The Gathering of the Clouds”, published in 1905, is a work by William Le Queux. It explores elements such as assassin, victim and Muriel.

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 6: The Gathering of the Clouds (1905)

“ She agreed with me, but expressed a belief that the double crime had been committed alone and unaided.
"Have you any idea as to the motive?" I asked her, eager to hear her reply.
"Well," she answered hesitatingly, "if the woman has fallen a victim, the motive will become plain; but if not, then the matter must remain a complete mystery."
"You tell me, Miss Muriel, that you suspect the truth, and yet you deny all knowledge of the murdered man!" I exclaimed in a tone of slight reproach.
"Until we have cleared up the mystery of the woman I can say nothing," was her answer. ”

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 6: The Gathering of the Clouds (1905)

“ The hole they had dug did not seem large enough to admit a human body, yet leaves had been carefully strewn over the place which, if approached from any other point than the high-up one whence we had seen it, would arouse no suspicion that the ground had ever been interfered with.
Digging with a piece of wood was hard and laborious work and it was a long time before we removed sufficient earth to make a hole of any size. But Muriel exerted all her energy, and both of us worked on in dogged silence full of wonder and anticipation. ”

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 6: The Gathering of the Clouds (1905)

“ I said, wondering if her suspicions rested upon that mysterious yachtsman, Philip Hornby, the man to whom she was engaged.
"Yes, I would beg of you to do your utmost in secret to endeavor to discover the body of the second victim. It is a woman--of that I am certain. Find her, and we shall then be able to bring the crime home to the assassin."
"But my search may bring suspicion upon me," I remarked. "It will be difficult to examine the whole wood without arousing the curiosity of somebody--the keeper or the police." ”

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 6: The Gathering of the Clouds (1905)

“ Muriel was untiring in her activity. Hither and thither she went, beating down the high bracken and tangles of weeds, poking with her stick into every hole and corner, and going further and further into the wood in the certainty that the body was therein concealed.
For my own part, however, I was not too sanguine of success. The portion of the wood which we had already exhausted seemed to be the most likely point. To carry the body far would require assistance, and in my own mind I believed the crime to have been the work of one person. ”

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 6: The Gathering of the Clouds (1905)

“ I have come to you for many reasons, chief of them being that if a second victim has fallen beneath the hand of the assassin, it is, I know, a woman."
"A woman! Whom?"
"At present I cannot tell you. I must first establish the true facts. If this woman were really stricken down, then her body lies concealed somewhere in the vicinity. We must find it and bring home the crime to the guilty one." ”

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 6: The Gathering of the Clouds (1905)

“ That her suspicions were in the right direction I felt confident, yet if the dead woman had been removed and hidden by the assassin it must have been after the discovery made by me. The fellow must have actually dared to return to the spot and carry off the victim. Yet if he had actually done that, why did he allow the corpse of the Italian to remain and await discovery? He might perhaps have been disturbed and compelled to make good his escape.
"If the woman was really removed the assassin must surely have had some assistance," I pointed out. ”

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 6: The Gathering of the Clouds (1905)

“ Her energy was marvelous--and yet was she not hunting down a criminal? was she not determined to obtain such evidence as would enable her to speak the truth fearlessly, and with confidence that it would have the effect of convicting the guilty one? ”

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 6: The Gathering of the Clouds (1905)

“ How fortunate he was not there last night, or he might be suspected."
"Yes," I said. "It is a very fortunate circumstance, for it cannot be a pleasant experience to be under suspicion of being an assassin. ”

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William Le Queux, The Czar's Spy — Chapter 6: The Gathering of the Clouds (1905)

“ Gregg, that if what I suspect is true, then the affair will be found to be one of the strangest, most startling and most ingenious plots ever devised by one man against the life of another."
"Then a man is the assassin, you think?" ”

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