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21 " CHAPTER XVII "
― Edgar Wallace , The Clue of the Twisted Candle
22 " From the standpoint of us, who live within the law, going about our business in conformity with the code, and unquestioningly keeping to the left or to the right as the police direct, their methods were terrible, indefensible, revolting. "
― Edgar Wallace , The Council of Justice
23 " with no "
― Edgar Wallace , The Detective Fiction Collection #2
24 " Not if you want her to act in your play," replied Father Brown. "If you do that, she’ll raise the roof and refuse to stay in the place; if you leave her alone she’ll probably come out from mere curiosity. If I were you, I should just leave somebody to guard the door, more or less, and trust to time for an hour or two." "In that case," said Mandeville, "
― Edgar Wallace , British Mysteries Boxed Set: 560+ Thriller Classics, Detective Stories & True Crime Stories
25 " room after the tragedy, had put out the light. "And during the night you heard no sound whatever. Miss Ellerslie? Forgive me for repeating my questions to you, but I am trying to recall any sound which may have reached your ears during your wakeful hours, but which you dismissed from your thoughts as of no significance "
26 " THE 4.15 FROM VICTORIA TO Lewes had been held up at Three Bridges in consequence of a derailment and, though John Lexman was fortunate enough to catch a belated connection to Beston Tracey, the wagonette which was the sole communication between the village and the outside world had gone. "
27 " Edgar Wallace Four Just Men Table of Contents Thery's TradeA Newspaper StoryThe Faithful CommonsOne Thousand Pounds RewardPreparationsThe Outrage at the 'Megaphone'The CluesThe Messenger of the FourThe Pocket-BookThe Cupidity of MarksThree Who DiedA Newspaper CuttingConclusion Prologue: Thery's Trade If you leave the Plaza del Mina, go down the narrow street, where, from ten till four, the big flag of the United States Consulate hangs lazily; through the square on which the Hotel de la France fronts, round by the Church of Our Lady, and along the clean, narrow thoroughfare that is the High Street of Cadiz, you will come to the Cafe of the Nations. "
― Edgar Wallace , The Four Just Men
28 " Breadth of mind not infrequently accompanies limitation of knowledge. "
― Edgar Wallace ,
29 " year. For John Lexman was a maker of cunning plots. "
30 " Howling apples!" gasped T. X. "It's from John Lexman! "
31 " »Auf schwarzdunklem Moor oder felswildem Strand Leg' ich mich nieder, wegmüd und krank. Kalt wölbt sich der Himmel von West nach Ost, Weder Mantel noch Decke schützt mich vor Frost. Nur kaltfunkelnde Sterne halten still Wacht – Wer weiß, wo ich ruhn werde in dieser Nacht!« "
― Edgar Wallace , Fünf Kriminalgeschichten
32 " the top of a batch of envelopes and "
― Edgar Wallace , The Secret House
33 " This," said T. X. exultantly, as he read the advertisement, "is where I get busy. "