The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl

The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl

Author:Matthew Pearl
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: , London (England), Fiction, Dickens, Osgood, Fiction - General, (James Ripley), Suspense, Manuscripts, Mystery, Historical - General, Biographical, Historical, Thrillers, Mystery & Detective - General, Mystery & Detective, Publishers and publishing, Charles, General, 1812-1870, James R., 1836-1892
ISBN: 9780812978025
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2009-10-06T11:03:51.831000+00:00


“ARE YOU INNOCENT of that opium dacoity?”

The thief nodded.

“I understand that is what you have been explaining to our mounted officers,” said the special inspector. “Yet you are a registered dacoit. Lie down there, my son.”

The thief lay on the chabutra, the inspector offering a gentle hand to position him so that his feet were on the higher edge of the platform, his head the lower. He trembled in fear at what he knew was coming.

“The budna, please,” the inspector said to his assistant. Then he frowned at the prisoner as if apologizing for some minor personal rudeness.



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