Tales of Terror and Mystery
is a volume of non-Sherlock Holmes stories by the masterful creator of the inimitable detective.
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皮漏斗之谜（17）
I now suggest to you that the other letters from left to right are, M, M, a small d, A, a small d, and then the final B. Yes, I am sure that you are right. I can make out the two small ds quite plainly. What I have read to you tonight, said Dacre, is
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THE NEW CATACOMB Look here, Burger, said Kennedy, I do wish that you would confide in me. The two famous students of Roman remains sat together in Kennedys comfortable room overlooking the Corso. The night was cold, and they had both pulled up their
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Of a very different type was his companion, Julius Burger. He came of a curious blend, a German father and an Italian mother, with the robust qualities of the North mingling strangely with the softer graces of the South. Blue Teutonic eyes lightened
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And yet for some years there had been an acquaintanceship which appeared to be slowly ripening into a friendship between these two very different rivals. The base and origin of this lay in the fact that in their own studies each was the only one of t
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I wont interfere with your treasure-trove, but I should very much like to hear about it, he continued, while Burger very deliberately lit a cigar. It is evidently a discovery of the first importance. These inscriptions will make a sensation throughou
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Kennedy loved his subject with a love which was almost a maniaa love which held him true to it, amidst all the distractions which come to a wealthy and dissipated young man. He had ambition, but his ambition was secondary to his mere abstract joy and
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What you are driving at I cannot imagine, said the Englishman, but if you mean that you will answer my question about the catacomb if I answer any question which you may put to me I can assure you that I will certainly do so. Well, then, said Burger,
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No; wait a bit, Burger, said Kennedy; this is really a ridiculous caprice of yours to wish to know about an old love- affair which has burned out months ago. You know we look upon a man who kisses and tells as the greatest coward and villain possible
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Hold on, old fellow, said he; I think you are behaving in a most ridiculous fashion; but still; if this is your condition, I suppose that I must submit to it. I hate saying anything about a girl, but, as you say, it is all over Rome, and I dont suppo
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Thats a logical way of looking at it, certainly, said he. Love is a big word, and it represents a good many different shades of feeling. I liked her, andwell, you say youve seen heryou know how charming she could look. But still I am willing to admit
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I suppose it is the survival of the fittest, said he. If he had been the better man she would not have deserted him. Lets drop the subject, for I have had enough of it! Only one other thing. How did you get rid of her in three weeks? Well, we had bot
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That would be splendid. When would you like to come? The sooner the better. I am all impatience to see it. Well, it is a beautiful nightthough a trifle cold. Suppose we start in an hour. We must be very careful to keep the matter to ourselves. If any
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Their footsteps sounded loud and crisp upon the rough stone paving of the disappointing road which is all that is left of the most famous highway of the world. A peasant or two going home from the wine-shop, and a few carts of country produce coming
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The entrance to it is. That is just the safeguard which we have against anyone else discovering it. Does the proprietor know of it? Not he. He had found one or two objects which made me almost certain that his house was built on the entrance to such
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I had some very narrow escapes at first, but I have gradually learned to go about. There is a certain system to it, but it is one which a lost man, if he were in the dark, could not possibly find out. Even now I always spin out a ball of string behin
