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V. Thin Air
Raffles hailed a passing hansom, and had bundled me in before I realised that he was not coming with me. “Drive down to the club for Teddy’s cricket-bag,” said he; “we’ll make him get straight into flannels to save time. … Continue reading
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IV. “Our Mr. Shylock”
I have often wondered in what pause or phase of our conversation Raffles hit upon the plan which we duly carried out; for we had been talking incessantly, since his arrival about eight o’clock at night, until two in the … Continue reading
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III. Council of War
Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night. The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather’s clock on one side of them made it almost midnight. … Continue reading
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II. “His Own Familiar Friend”
How we laughed as we turned into Whitehall! I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth. Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of … Continue reading
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I. An Inaugural Banquet
This book was originally serialized in the UK in The Grand Magazine from January – July, 1909 and in the US in Gunter’s Magazine from September – November, 1909. Most of it can’t be dated exactly, but the last chapter … Continue reading
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The Last Word
This story was first published as part of A Thief in the Night in 1905. It takes place in June, 1900. The last of all these tales of Raffles is from a fresher and a sweeter pen. I give it … Continue reading
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The Raffles Relics
This story was first published in Pall Mall Magazine in the September 1905 issue. It takes place in December, 1899. It was in one of the magazines for December, 1899, that an article appeared which afforded our minds a brief … Continue reading
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The Spoils of Sacrilege
This story was first published in Pall Mall Magazine in the August 1905 issue. There was one deed of those days which deserved a place in our original annals. It is the deed of which I am personally most ashamed. … Continue reading
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A Trap to Catch a Cracksman
This story was first published in Pall Mall Magazine in the July 1905 issue. I was just putting out my light when the telephone rang a furious tocsin in the next room. I flounced out of bed more asleep than … Continue reading
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A Bad Night
This story was first published in Pall Mall Magazine in the June 1905 issue. The cricket match places this story in 1896, although Bunny should have been in prison, and Raffles in Italy at that time. There was to be … Continue reading
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