Beneath the Estate by Nick Allen Brown

Author:Nick Allen Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

CHAPTER 38

Tuesday, October 23, 1906

Biltmore House – Library

Mr. Collins stepped inside the library and closed the door behind him. The room was empty and the lights were off. The light coming in through the windows was enough to illuminate the fireplace, the bookshelves, and the ceiling above him. Above the bookshelves on the first floor, a second floor protruded out that was more of a balcony than an entire floor. A spiral staircase made of wrought iron allowed Mr. Vanderbilt and guests access to the bookshelves on the balcony. Collins ascended the iron staircase and walked toward the left, where the bust of Epicurus had been placed. Beside it were rows and rows of monthly editions of Lippincott’s Monthly Magazines. Perusing the covers, it took some time until Mr. Collins found an issue that showed the “Oxford Circus Robbery” short story by A. Conan Doyle in the table of contents. Upon finding it, Collins cradled it as he descended the stairs, first from the balcony and then from the library, and made his way to his office, where he closed the door and began reading the story.

A widow who owned a bank left her apartment every day at the same time and took a carriage to Oxford Bank and Loan, where she oversaw the day-to-day operations. Since her husband’s passing, she had worked every day to ensure that her husband’s legacy of building a banking business would be secure. On one of the few sunny days in London, she had arrived as usual at the bank to see employees crying and the London Police scurrying about.

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