PROJECT ASHABI
African Stories. Limitless Worlds.
PROJECT ASHABI
African Stories. Limitless Worlds.
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When Mr. Henley reached his dingy little house in Twentieth Street, a servant met him at the door with a letter, saying:
“The postman has just left it, sir, and hopes it is right, as it has given him a lot of trouble.”
Mr. Henley examined the letter with curiosity. There were several erased addresses. The original was:
Scarcely legible, in the lower left-hand corner, was:
“_Dead. Try Paul, No. --, W. 20th_.”
Being unfamiliar with the handwriting, Mr. Henley carried the letter to his room. It was nearly dark, and he lighted the gas, exchanged the coat he had been wearing for a gaudy smoking jacket, glancing momentarily at the mirror, at a young and gentlemanly face with good features; complexion rather florid; hair and moustache neither fair nor dark, with reddish lights.
Seating himself upon a table directly under the gas, he proceeded with the letter. Evidently the document was not intended for him, but it proved sufficiently interesting to hold his attention.
Arthur Conan Doyle
