William Le Queux

Name: The Stretton Street Affair — Chapter 8
Author: William Le Queux

The Stretton Street Affair — Chapter 8 (1922)

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“The Stretton Street Affair — Chapter 8”, published in 1922, is a work by William Le Queux. It explores elements such as De Gex, the Stock Exchange and Moroni.

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William Le Queux, The Stretton Street Affair — Chapter 8 (1922)

“ The English visitors to Florence see outside the Florence Club effeminate elegants in English-made suits of blue serge, and brown boots, and they sigh to think that such specimens of humanity are the representatives of a noble race. Disguise it as you may, poor Italy is sadly decadent. Her glory has passed, her nobile are ruined and her labour enemies are, alas! bent upon putting her into the melting-pot. The gallant Italian army fought valiantly against the Tedesci. ”

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William Le Queux, The Stretton Street Affair — Chapter 8 (1922)

“ Then from the conversation that followed, it seemed as though the millionaire was apprehensive lest she should meet the mysterious Gabrielle, and I wondered whether it was in order to prevent them meeting that he entertained designs upon her life.
I recollected that little glass tube which he was carrying in secret in his pocket, and which the scoundrelly Italian had urged him to refrain from using because he might place his own life in jeopardy.
I listened to every word. De Gex was evidently most anxious to know why she sought Gabrielle so eagerly. ”

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William Le Queux, The Stretton Street Affair — Chapter 8 (1922)

“ You have married Jack Cullerton, and you are happy except that your husband is a born gambler. And of that he must be cured.”
“I know. I know!” she said hastily. “But earlier this evening you promised to tell me about Gabrielle. I must see her. She seems to have disappeared. Where is she?”
“In London, I believe.”
“In London! Yet the last time you spoke of her you said she was in Turin, on her way here, to Florence.”
Oswald De Gex laughed lightly.
“Yes. She came to Florence for a few days, but she has returned to London. Why are you so anxious to see her?” ”

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William Le Queux, The Stretton Street Affair — Chapter 8 (1922)

“ He has no discretion. He gambles on the Stock Exchange without any expert knowledge. He came up here to me yesterday afternoon and told me that he must have ten thousand pounds to tide him over, and prevent him being hammered. I sent him away, but I shall see that he has the money.”
“How really good of you, Mr. De Gex!” exclaimed the girl—for as far as I could see she was hardly a woman. “I don’t know how to thank you sufficiently. I know Jack is a born gambler. His father was on the Stock Exchange before him, and I suppose games of chance are in the breed of the Cullertons.” ”

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William Le Queux, The Stretton Street Affair — Chapter 8 (1922)

“ Moroni suggested.
“I shall take your advice and preserve this little tube intact,” and he paused, “intact at least for the present,” he added. “Hence there can be no harm in leaving the ballroom and coming out into the fresh air—eh?”
“In that case I see no risk.”
“The only risk we run is in allowing young Garfield to make inquiries here, in Florence. When he saw me, I, of course, denied everything. But I know that he must have noticed how upset I was at his reappearance.”
“Well, we have decided to suppress him, have we not?” said Moroni briefly. ”

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William Le Queux, The Stretton Street Affair — Chapter 8 (1922)

“ It seemed incredible that the immensely rich man whose name was so constantly in the papers as a generous patron of the arts, and a pious philanthropist, should be implicated in such devil’s doings as those of which I had already proved him to be the author. ”

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William Le Queux, The Stretton Street Affair — Chapter 8 (1922)

“ So I had better be going.”
“Have a care that the fellow does not meet her—not until you are quite prepared,” the millionaire urged. “And lose no time in making ready. Each day’s delay is increasingly dangerous.”
“I do not disregard the fact, signore,” replied the Italian, and next moment they emerged from the little Greek temple, and having walked a short distance, they parted, De Gex returning to the house, while Moroni made his way back past the lake to the gate. ”

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