The Revenge of Moriarty
“True, it was only intuition, but it entered his nostrils in a wholly physical manner, sending a thrill of expectation coursing through his body. He leaned against the rail, looking for’ard into the glistening sheet of calm sea, topcoat collar high and buttoned, one gloved hand resting on the circular life-buoy bearing the red painted inscription SS AURANIA. CUNARD.
He was not in disguise, so many would have been surprised to learn that this upright, stocky and square-shouldered figure could, th...rough the art of make-up, so easily become the gaunt, stooping, bald and hollow-eyed man normally identified with his name – the Professor of Mathematics who, the world believed, had fallen from grace to become the most dangerous scientific criminal of his time: the very Napoleon of crime.
They would also find it difficult to believe that he was one and the same as the well-built, red haired Sir James Madis; or the distinguished-looking, powerful Frenchman, Jacques Meunier.
But these people were all one and the same: living, together with many more aliases and physical personalities, within the cunning mind and deft body of this James Moriarty – the youngest of the three Moriarty brothers, known to the denizens of crime throughout Europe as the Professor.* The wooden deck moved slightly under his feet as the helmsman on the bridge altered course a point or two.MoreLess
He was not in disguise, so many would have been surprised to learn that this upright, stocky and square-shouldered figure could, th...rough the art of make-up, so easily become the gaunt, stooping, bald and hollow-eyed man normally identified with his name – the Professor of Mathematics who, the world believed, had fallen from grace to become the most dangerous scientific criminal of his time: the very Napoleon of crime.
They would also find it difficult to believe that he was one and the same as the well-built, red haired Sir James Madis; or the distinguished-looking, powerful Frenchman, Jacques Meunier.
But these people were all one and the same: living, together with many more aliases and physical personalities, within the cunning mind and deft body of this James Moriarty – the youngest of the three Moriarty brothers, known to the denizens of crime throughout Europe as the Professor.* The wooden deck moved slightly under his feet as the helmsman on the bridge altered course a point or two.MoreLess
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