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The Loot of Cities
The narrative follows a millionaire, Mr. Bruce Bowring, as he navigates various adventures in his pursuit of joy, beginning with an intriguing moment involving a telephone warning about a robbery aimed at him.
"The Loot of Cities" by Arnold Bennett is a collection of fantastical stories. The narrative follows a millionaire, Mr. Bruce Bowring, as he navigates various adventures in his pursuit of joy, beginning with an intriguing moment involving a telephone warning about a robbery aimed at him.
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Mr. Bruce Bowring, managing director of the Consolidated Mining and Investment Corporation, Limited (capital two millions, in one-pound shares, which stood at twenty-seven-and-six), turned and gazed querulously across the electric-lit spaces of his superb private office at the confidential clerk who addressed him. Mr. Bowring, in shirt-sleeves before a Florentine mirror, was brushing his hair with the solicitude of a mother who has failed to rear most of a large family.
“Who is it?” he asked, as if that demand for him were the last straw but one. “Nearly seven on Friday evening!” he added, martyrised.
The middle-aged financier dropped his gold-mounted[8] brush and, wading through the deep pile of the Oriental carpet, passed into the telephone-cabinet and shut the door.
“Hallo!” he accosted the transmitter, resolved not to be angry with it. “Hallo! Are you there? Yes, I’m Bowring. Who are you?”
“Nrrrr,” the faint, unhuman voice of the receiver whispered in his ear. “Nrrrr. Cluck. I’m a friend.”
“No name. I thought you might like to know that a determined robbery is going to be attempted to-night at your house in Lowndes Square, a robbery of cash—and before nine o’clock. Nrrrr. I thought you might like to know.”
“Ah!” said Mr. Bowring to the transmitter.
Contents
- 01The Loot of Cities.
- 02Chapter I. The Fire of London.
- 03II.
- 04III.
- 05IV.
- 06V.
- 07Chapter II. A Comedy on the Gold Coast.
- 08II.
- 09III.
- 10IV.
- 11V.
- 12VI.
- 13Chapter III. A Bracelet at Bruges.
- 14II.
- 15III.
- 16IV.
- 17V.
- 18Chapter IV. A Solution of the Algiers Mystery.
- 19II.
- 20III.
- 21IV.
- 22V.
- 23Chapter V. In the Capital of the Sahara.
- 24II.
- 25III.
- 26IV.
- 27V.
- 28Chapter VI. “Lo! ’Twas a Gala Night!”
- 29II.
- 30III.
- 31IV.
- 32Mr. Penfound’s Two Burglars.
- 33The Story of His Walk with Them.
- 34Midnight at the Grand Babylon.
- 35I.
- 36II.
- 37III.
- 38IV.
- 39V.
- 40The Police Station.
- 41The Adventure of the Prima Donna.
- 42The Episode in Room 222.
- 43Saturday to Monday.
- 44A Dinner at the Louvre.
About this edition
- Author
- Arnold Bennett
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 189 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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