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Peter Ruff and the Double Four
The opening portion of the book introduces us to a seemingly mundane supper party at Daisy Villa, where the unsuspecting Barnes family hosts a dinner for their daughter’s suitor, Mr. Spencer Fitzgerald.
“Peter Ruff and the Double Four” by E. Phillips Oppenheim is a novel. The opening portion of the book introduces us to a seemingly mundane supper party at Daisy Villa, where the unsuspecting Barnes family hosts a dinner for their daughter’s suitor, Mr. Spencer Fitzgerald.
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About twelve months after the interrupted festivities at Daisy Villa, that particular neighbourhood was again the scene of some rejoicing. Standing before the residence of Mr. Barnes were three carriages, drawn in each case by a pair of grey horses. The coachmen and their steeds were similarly adorned with white rosettes. It would have been an insult to the intelligence of the most youthful of the loungers-by to have informed them that a wedding was projected.
At the neighbouring church all was ready. The clerk stood at the door, the red drugget was down, the usual little crowd were standing all agog upon the pavement. There was one unusual feature of the proceedings: Instead of a solitary policeman, there were at least a dozen who kept clear the entrance to the church. Their presence greatly puzzled a little old gentleman who had joined the throng of sightseers. He pushed himself to the front and touched one of them upon the shoulder.
“Mr. Policeman,” he said, “will you tell me why there are so many of you to keep such a small crowd in order?”
“Bridegroom’s a member of the force, sir, for one reason,” the man answered good-humouredly.
“And the other?” the old gentleman persisted.
The policeman behaved as though he had not heard—a proceeding which his natural stolidity rendered easy. The little old gentleman, however, was not so easily put off. He tapped the man once more upon the shoulder.
“And the other reason, Mr. Policeman?” he asked insinuatingly.
Contents
- 01Book One
- 02Chapter I. Introducing Mr. Peter Ruff
- 03Chapter II. A New Career
- 04Chapter III. Vincent Cawdor, Commission Agent
- 05Chapter IV. The Indiscretion of Letty Shaw
- 06Chapter V. Delilah from Streatham
- 07Chapter VI. The Little Lady from Servia
- 08Chapter VII. The Demand of the Double-Four
- 09Chapter VIII. Mrs. Bognor’s Star Boarder
- 10Chapter IX. The Perfidy of Miss Brown
- 11Chapter X. Wonderful John Dory
- 12Book Two
- 13Chapter I. Recalled by the Double-Four
- 14Chapter II. Prince Albert’s Card Debts
- 15Chapter III. The Ambassador’s Wife
- 16Chapter IV. The Man Prom the Old Testament
- 17Chapter V. The First Shot
- 18Chapter VI. The Seven Suppers of Andrea Korust
- 19Chapter VII. Major Kosuth’s Mission
- 20Chapter VIII. The Man Behind the Curtain
- 21Chapter IX. The Ghosts of Havana Harbor
- 22Chapter X. The Affair or an Alien Society
- 23Chapter XI. The Thirteenth Encounter
About this edition
- Author
- E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 316 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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