The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes by Carr Caleb

Author:Carr, Caleb [Carr, Caleb]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Historical, Crime, thriller, Suspense
ISBN: 9781405525336
Amazon: B00A7ZJRIY
Goodreads: 19648548
Publisher: Sphere
Published: 2005-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter IX

OF MIDNIGHT VISITS – AND VISITORS …

My hand went quickly to the pocket in which I had been keeping the Palm-protector obtained from Shinwell Johnson (as well as a store of a dozen rounds of ammunition that were carefully wrapped in a handkerchief). The move was an instinctive one, of course – what good, after all, would a firearm be against a spirit? – but it steeled my nerve, nonetheless.

‘“The Italian gentleman”?’ whispered I. ‘Holmes, can she really mean—’

‘Indeed,’ Holmes answered, listening carefully to the step and the humming voice above. ‘David Rizzio.’

‘Aye!’ Miss Mackenzie breathed. ‘So he called him, right enough!’

‘Then Sadler told you the legend,’ said Holmes.

‘And showed me!’ the girl answered. ‘It is no’ a legend, Mr Holmes – I’ve seen the blood that never dries!’

I turned to Holmes. ‘What on earth …?’

‘Yes – Hackett told me of it, Watson. And showed me this.’ From his pocket, Holmes produced a crudely printed pamphlet, one that I perused as the footsteps above continued to tap out their eerily distorted units of time.

The headline of the pamphlet declared:

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