Jack on the Gallows Tree by Bruce Leo

Author:Bruce, Leo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 1988-07-26T16:00:00+00:00

11

“TWO more lots to see,” said Carolus, “then I think some action.”

“Action?” yawned Rupert from the depths of an armchair in the Lounge of the Royal Hydro.

“Yes. This case isn’t going to be cleared up by question and answer and a solution like a crossword’s.”

“But what do you mean by action? Crawling about with a magnifying glass?”

“If you were a human boy instead of a hybrid monstrosity you would have read your Stalky and Co and would remember Stalky’s favourite quotation: ‘the bleating of the kid excites the tiger’. You can think over that.”

“I have,” said Rupert promptly. “And it doesn’t seem to promise much but corn. If you suppose that at your time of life you can turn yourself into one of these hard-boiled, steel-gutted, lynx-eyed American sleuths who carry guns and risk their lives every few pages, you’re wildly mistaken. You’re English, sir, as English as Sherlock Holmes and Hercule (Ma foil) Poirot. You’ll never be one of Raymond Chandler’s boys. Stalky and Co! That’s just about your mark.”

“Thank you, Priggley.”

“I mean, hadn’t you better grow up, sir? This is a

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