The Golden Scorpion
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Part I - THE COWLED MAN I The Shadow of a Cowl II The Pilbroch of the M'Gregors III The Scorpion's Tail
IV Mademoiselle Dorian V The Sealed Envelope VI The Assistant Commissioner VII Contents of the Sealed Envelope VIII The Assistant Commissioner's Theory IX The Chinese Coin X "Close Your Shutters at Night" XI The Blue Ray Part II - STATEMENT OF M. GASTON MAX THE DANCER OF MO...
More Part I - THE COWLED MAN I The Shadow of a Cowl II The Pilbroch of the M'Gregors III The Scorpion's Tail
IV Mademoiselle Dorian V The Sealed Envelope VI The Assistant Commissioner VII Contents of the Sealed Envelope VIII The Assistant Commissioner's Theory IX The Chinese Coin X "Close Your Shutters at Night" XI The Blue Ray Part II - STATEMENT OF M. GASTON MAX THE DANCER OF MONTMARTRE I Zara el-Khala II Concerning the Grand Duke III A Strange Question IV The Fight in the Cafe "LE BALAFRE" I I Become Charles Malet II Baiting the Trap
III Disappearance of Charles Malet
IV I Meet an Old Acquaintance
V Conclusion of Statement
Part III - AT THE HOUSE OF AH-FANG-FU
I The Brain Thieves
II The Red Circle
III Miska's Story
IV Miska's Story (concluded)
V The Heart of Chunda Lal
VI The Man with the Scar
VII In the Opium Den
VIII The Green-Eyed Joss
Part IV - THE LAIR OF THE SCORPION
I The Sublime Order
II The Living Death
III The Fifth Secret of Rache Churan
IV The Guile of the East
V What Happened to Stuart
VI "Jey Bhowani!"
VII The Way of the Scorpion
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a selection from Part I - THE COWLED MAN
CHAPTER I
THE SHADOW OF A COWL
Keppel Stuart, M.D., F. R. S., awoke with a start and discovered himself to be bathed in cold perspiration. The moonlight shone in at his window, but did not touch the bed, therefore his awakening could not be due to this cause. He lay for some time listening for any unfamiliar noise which might account for the sudden disturbance of his usually sound slumbers. In the house below nothing stirred. His windows were widely open and he could detect that vague drumming which is characteristic of midnight London; sometimes, too, the clashing of buffers upon some siding of the Brighton railway where shunting was in progress and occasional siren notes from the Thames. Otherwise--nothing.
He glanced at the luminous disk of his watch. The hour was half-past two. Dawn was not far off. The night seemed to have become almost intolerably hot, and to this heat Stuart felt disposed to ascribe both his awakening and also a feeling of uncomfortable tension of which he now became aware. He continued to listen, and, listening and hearing nothing, recognized with anger that he was frightened. A sense of some presence oppressed him. Someone or something evil was near him--perhaps in the room, veiled by the shadows. This uncanny sensation grew more and more marked.
Stuart sat up in bed, slowly and cautiously, looking all about him. He remembered to have awakened once thus in India--and to have found a great cobra coiled at his feet. His inspection revealed the presence of nothing unfamiliar, and he stepped out on to the floor.
A faint clicking sound reached his ears. He stood quite still. The clicking was repeated.
"There is someone downstairs in my study!" muttered Stuart.
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