He Who Whispers
“This was partly because of Professor Rigaud’s expression: one of portentous French solemnity, shooting little glances from one of his companions to the other, yet with a huge sardonic amusement behind everything he said.
Afterwards, of course, Miles discovered that every word was true. But by that time … It was muffled and quiet in the little dining-room, with the four tall candles burning on the table as its only light. They had drawn back the curtains and opened the windows, to let in a littl...e air on that stuffy night. Outside the rain still splashed, against a purplish dusk spotted with one or two lighted windows in the red-painted restaurant across the street.
It formed a fitting background for what they were about to hear.
‘Crime and the occult!’ Professor Rigaud had declared, flourishing his knife and fork. ‘These are the only hobbies for a man of taste!’ He looked very hard at Barbara Morell. ‘You collect, mademoiselle?’ An eddying breeze, moist-scented, curled in through the open windows and made the candle-flames undulate.MoreLess
Afterwards, of course, Miles discovered that every word was true. But by that time … It was muffled and quiet in the little dining-room, with the four tall candles burning on the table as its only light. They had drawn back the curtains and opened the windows, to let in a littl...e air on that stuffy night. Outside the rain still splashed, against a purplish dusk spotted with one or two lighted windows in the red-painted restaurant across the street.
It formed a fitting background for what they were about to hear.
‘Crime and the occult!’ Professor Rigaud had declared, flourishing his knife and fork. ‘These are the only hobbies for a man of taste!’ He looked very hard at Barbara Morell. ‘You collect, mademoiselle?’ An eddying breeze, moist-scented, curled in through the open windows and made the candle-flames undulate.MoreLess
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