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Chapter 8 CONCERNING A BOOT.

Word Count: 1609    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

were placed in Mr. Lo

ts that I wore yes

nklin, "the man called this mornin

ed Mr. Longclus

agnac's

to call for it?" a

e told some one else to order hi

luse, staring at him more aghast and fierce than the possible misl

and said the shoemaker had called for the right boot of the pair you wore yesterday.

Charles has not been a week here. Call h

ething about its missing companion. His brain was already at work. What the plague was the meaning of this man?uvre about his b

t?" demanded Mr. Longcluse, p

for it this

at

he came from Mr.

Sir. What did he say?" said M

case, "he did say, Sir, he came from Mr

boot?-any

oot of the pair you wore last

gave it

was me," answ

ent, to Monsieur Armagnac, and say I should be obliged to him for a line to say whether he this morning sent for my b

it myself, when you sent me down for Charles; and

the boy comes back, and bring him here also.

w, and looked out with a vicious scowl; he turned about, and lifted up hi

By Jove! it may

already in his hand. He w

boot! What's the meaning of this

again, and flung it into

all right. The odds are ten, twenty, a thousand to one that Armagnac has got it. I should have had a warm bath last night,

pping it, went to the window and looked into the street-came

ung open his door and confronted them, in white waistcoat and shirt-s

? Where's the boot?"

er with his open hand, and undertaking the office of spokesman; "a

id, in rising fury, turning upon Charles

" said Charles, "and wanted the boot, which Mr. Frank

it all for gospel. There are men who would pitch you over the bannisters for a less thing. If I could be certa

h, in the faces of the three

he servants looked at one another without a word. But just as they were go

who saw and spoke with t

s,

ou know h

, I think

nd of ma

ommon per

r short? What

l, S

t more? Des

f straight; very flat feet, I noticed; a thin

s face," sai

ar, Sir; a shabby sort

ow

very little bit of a nose; his eyes almost shut, and a sort of smile abou

w o

be nigh fi

good. How wa

a pair of raither dirty tweed trousers. Nothing fitted him, and his hat was brown and greasy, begg

the right boot?" a

s,

e the boot without looking at it, or di

ed up the sole, and he said 'It's all right,

esterday, or last night-which d

t night he said, Si

rself. Can't you be c

s last night,

see that your memory was pretty clear on the subject. Y

it perfectl

ief; and when you see that fellow again, hold him fast till you put him in the hands of a policeman. And, Charles, you must be

," answer

u, Franklin; let s

ast night. He watched him, he said, wherever he went. I saw him. There may be other circumstances. That is the fellow-that is the very man. Here's matter to thi

face, Mr. Longcluse marched eastward with a firm tread and a cheerful countenance. Friends who nodded to him, as he walked along Piccadilly, down Saint James's Street, and by Pall Mall, citywards, thought he had just been listening to an amusing story.

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1 Chapter 1 MORTLAKE HALL.2 Chapter 2 MARTHA TANSEY.3 Chapter 3 MR. LONGCLUSE OPENS HIS HEART.4 Chapter 4 MONSIEUR LEBAS.5 Chapter 5 A CATASTROPHE.6 Chapter 6 TO BED.7 Chapter 7 FAST FRIENDS.8 Chapter 8 CONCERNING A BOOT.9 Chapter 9 THE MAN WITHOUT A NAME.10 Chapter 10 THE ROYAL OAK.11 Chapter 11 THE TELEGRAM ARRIVES.12 Chapter 12 SIR REGINALD ARDEN.13 Chapter 13 ON THE ROAD.14 Chapter 14 MR. LONGCLUSE'S BOOT FINDS A TEMPORARY ASYLUM.15 Chapter 15 FATHER AND SON.16 Chapter 16 A MIDNIGHT MEETING.17 Chapter 17 MR. LONGCLUSE AT MORTLAKE HALL.18 Chapter 18 THE PARTY IN THE DINING-ROOM.19 Chapter 19 IN MRS. TANSEY'S ROOM.20 Chapter 20 MRS. TANSEY'S STORY.21 Chapter 21 A WALK BY MOONLIGHT.22 Chapter 22 MR. LONGCLUSE MAKES AN ODD CONFIDENCE.23 Chapter 23 THE MEETING.24 Chapter 24 MR. LONGCLUSE FOLLOWS A SHADOW.25 Chapter 25 A TETE-A-TETE.26 Chapter 26 THE GARDEN AT MORTLAKE.27 Chapter 27 WINGED WORDS.28 Chapter 28 STORIES ABOUT MR. LONGCLUSE.29 Chapter 29 THE GARDEN PARTY.30 Chapter 30 HE SEES HER.31 Chapter 31 ABOUT THE GROUNDS.32 Chapter 32 UNDER THE LIME-TREES.33 Chapter 33 THE DERBY.34 Chapter 34 A SHARP COLLOQUY.35 Chapter 35 DINNER AT MORTLAKE.36 Chapter 36 MR. LONGCLUSE SEES A LADY'S NOTE.37 Chapter 37 WHAT ALICE COULD SAY.38 Chapter 38 GENTLEMEN IN TROUBLE.39 Chapter 39 BETWEEN FRIENDS.40 Chapter 40 AN INTERVIEW IN THE STUDY.41 Chapter 41 VAN APPOINTS HIMSELF TO A DIPLOMATIC POST.42 Chapter 42 DIPLOMACY.43 Chapter 43 A LETTER AND A SUMMONS.44 Chapter 44 THE REASON OF ALICE'S NOTE.45 Chapter 45 COLLISION.46 Chapter 46 AN UNKNOWN FRIEND.47 Chapter 47 BY THE RIVER.48 Chapter 48 SUDDEN NEWS.49 Chapter 49 VOWS FOR THE FUTURE.50 Chapter 50 UNCLE DAVID'S SUSPICIONS.51 Chapter 51 THE SILHOUETTE.52 Chapter 52 MR. LONGCLUSE EMPLOYED.53 Chapter 53 THE NIGHT OF THE FUNERAL.54 Chapter 54 AMONG THE TREES.55 Chapter 55 MR. LONGCLUSE SEES A FRIEND.56 Chapter 56 A HOPE EXPIRES.57 Chapter 57 LEVI'S APOLOGUE.58 Chapter 58 THE BARON COMES TO TOWN.59 Chapter 59 TWO OLD FRIENDS MEET AND PART.60 Chapter 60 "SAUL."61 Chapter 61 A WAKING DREAM.62 Chapter 62 LOVE AND PLAY.63 Chapter 63 PLANS.64 Chapter 64 FROM FLOWER TO FLOWER.65 Chapter 65 BEHIND THE ARRAS.66 Chapter 66 A BUBBLE BROKEN.67 Chapter 67 BOND AND DEED.68 Chapter 68 SIR RICHARD'S RESOLUTION.69 Chapter 69 THE MEETING. No.6970 Chapter 70 MR. LONGCLUSE PROPOSES.71 Chapter 71 NIGHT.72 Chapter 72 MEASURES.73 Chapter 73 AT THE BAR OF THE "GUY OF WARWICK."74 Chapter 74 A LETTER.75 Chapter 75 BLIGHT AND CHANGE.76 Chapter 76 PH BE CHIFFINCH.77 Chapter 77 MORE NEWS OF PAUL DAVIES.78 Chapter 78 THE CATACOMBS.79 Chapter 79 RESURRECTIONS.80 Chapter 80 ANOTHER.81 Chapter 81 BROKEN.82 Chapter 82 DOPPELGANGER.83 Chapter 83 A SHORT PARTING.84 Chapter 84 AT MORTLAKE.85 Chapter 85 THE CRISIS.86 Chapter 86 PURSUIT.87 Chapter 87 CONCLUSION.88 Chapter 88 No.8889 Chapter 89 No.89