THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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CONTENTS


CHAPTER.

I. MR. JOHN HARSTON KEEPS AN APPOINTMENT.

II. CHARITY A LA MODE.

III. THOMAS GILRAY MAKES AN INVESTMENT.

IV. CAPTAIN HAMILTON MIGGS OF THE "BLACK EAGLE".

V. MODERN ATHENIANS.

VI. A RECTORIAL ELECTION.

VII. ENGLAND VERSUS SCOTLAND.

VIII. A FIRST PROFESSIONAL.

IX. A NASTY CROPPER.

X. DWELLERS IN BOHEMIA.

XI. SENIOR AND JUNIOR.

XII. A CORNER IN DIAMONDS.

XIII. SHADOW AND LIGHT.

XIV. A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING

XV. AN ADDITION TO THE HOUSE.

XVI. THE FIRST STEP.

XVII. THE LAND OF DIAMONDS.

XVIII. MAJOR TOBIAS CLUTTERBUCK COMES IN FOR A THOUSAND POUNDS.

XIX. NEWS FROM THE URALS.

XX. MR. HECTOR O'FLAHERTY FINDS SOMETHING IN THE PAPER.

XXI. AN UNEXPECTED BLOW.

XXII. ROBBERS AND ROBBED.

XXIII. A MOMENTOUS RESOLUTION.

XXIV. A DANGEROUS PROMISE.

XXV. A CHANGE OF FRONT.

XXVI. BREAKING GROUND.

XXVII. MRS. SCULLY OF MORRISON'S.

XXVIII. BACK IN BOHEMIA.

XXIX. THE GREAT DANCE AT MORRISON'S.

XXX. AT THE "COCK AND COWSLIP".

XXXI. A CRISIS AT ECCLESTON SQUARE.

XXXII. A CONVERSATION IN THE ECCLESTON SQUARE LIBRARY.

XXXIII. THE JOURNEY TO THE PRIORY.

XXXIV. THE MAN WITH THE CAMP-STOOL.

XXXV. A TALK ON THE LAWN.

XXXVI. THE INCIDENT OF THE CORRIDOR.

XXXVII. A CHASE AND A BRAWL.

XXXVIII. GIRDLESTONE SENDS FOR THE DOCTOR.

XXXIX. A GLEAM OF LIGHT.

XL. THE MAJOR HAS A LETTER.

XLI. THE CLOUDS GROW DARKER.

XLII. THE THREE FACES AT THE WINDOW.

XLIII. THE BAIT ON THE HOOK.

XLIV. THE SHADOW OF DEATH.

XLV THE INVASION OF HAMPSHIRE.

XLVI. A MIDNIGHT CRUISE.

XLVII LAW AND ORDER.

XLVIII. CAPTAIN HAMILTON MIGGS SEES A VISION.

XLIX. A VOYAGE IN A COFFIN SHIP.

L. WINDS UP THE THREAD AND TIES TWO KNOTS AT THE END.




THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE.



CHAPTER I.


MR. JOHN HARSTON KEEPS AN APPOINTMENT.

The approach to the offices of Girdlestone and Co. was not a very
dignified one, nor would the uninitiated who traversed it form any
conception of the commercial prosperity of the firm in question.
Close to the corner of a broad and busy street, within a couple of
hundred yards of Fenchurch Street Station, a narrow doorway opens into a
long whitewashed passage. On one side of this is a brass plate with the
inscription "Girdlestone and Co., African Merchants," and above it a
curious hieroglyphic supposed to represent a human hand in the act of
pointing. Following the guidance of this somewhat ghostly emblem, the
wayfarer finds himself in a small square yard surrounded by doors, upon
one of which the name of the firm reappears in large white letters, with
the word "Push" printed beneath it. If he follows this laconic
invitation he will make his way into a long, low apartment, which is the
counting-house of the African traders.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013091542
Publisher:	SAP
Publication date:	08/31/2011
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About the Author

A prolific author of books, short stories, poetry, and more, the Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best known for the creation of one of literature’s most vivid and enduring characters: Sherlock Holmes. Through detailed observation, vast knowledge, and brilliant deduction, Holmes and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, step into the swirling fog of Victorian London to rescue the innocent, confound the guilty, and solve the most perplexing puzzles known to literature.

Date of Birth:

May 22, 1859

Date of Death:

July 7, 1930

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Crowborough, Sussex, England

Education:

Edinburgh University, B.M., 1881; M.D., 1885