The Dream Detective: Being Some Account of the Methods of Moris Klaw (1925)
“Then, a ramshackle figure in shabby tweed, reclined upon the big ebony chair, his head against the cushion.
"Place my cloak about me, Isis." The girl did so.
"Good morning, my child! Good morning, Mr. Searles! Good morning, Mr. Coram and Mr. Pax-ton!" He closed his eyes.
" Excuse me," began Paxton.
Isis placed her finger to her lips, and signed to us to withdraw silently.
"Ssh!" she whispered. "He is asleep!" in At five minutes to six sounded Isis Klaw's ring upon the door b...ell. Paxton, Coram, and I had spent the interval in discussing the apparently supernatural happening which threatened to wreak the artist's ruin. Again and again he had asked us, "Should I call in the Scotland Yard people? If Moris Klaw fails, consider the priceless time lost!" "If Moris Klaw fails," Coram assured him, "no one else will succeed!" We admitted Isis, who wore now a smart tweed costume and a fashionable hat.MoreLess
"Place my cloak about me, Isis." The girl did so.
"Good morning, my child! Good morning, Mr. Searles! Good morning, Mr. Coram and Mr. Pax-ton!" He closed his eyes.
" Excuse me," began Paxton.
Isis placed her finger to her lips, and signed to us to withdraw silently.
"Ssh!" she whispered. "He is asleep!" in At five minutes to six sounded Isis Klaw's ring upon the door b...ell. Paxton, Coram, and I had spent the interval in discussing the apparently supernatural happening which threatened to wreak the artist's ruin. Again and again he had asked us, "Should I call in the Scotland Yard people? If Moris Klaw fails, consider the priceless time lost!" "If Moris Klaw fails," Coram assured him, "no one else will succeed!" We admitted Isis, who wore now a smart tweed costume and a fashionable hat.MoreLess
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