{"product_id":"2940012760302","title":"THE THREE IMPOSTORS","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    PROLOGUE\u003cbr\u003e    ADVENTURE OF THE GOLD TIBERIUS\u003cbr\u003e    THE ENCOUNTER OF THE PAVEMENT\u003cbr\u003e       NOVEL OF THE DARK VALLEY\u003cbr\u003e    ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING BROTHER\u003cbr\u003e       NOVEL OF THE BLACK SEAL\u003cbr\u003e    INCIDENT OF THE PRIVATE BAR\u003cbr\u003e    THE DECORATIVE IMAGINATION\u003cbr\u003e       NOVEL OF THE IRON MAID\u003cbr\u003e    THE RECLUSE OF BAYSWATER\u003cbr\u003e       NOVEL OF THE WHITE POWDER\u003cbr\u003e    STRANGE OCCURRENCE IN CLERKENWELL\u003cbr\u003e       HISTORY OF THE YOUNG MAN WITH SPECTACLES\u003cbr\u003e    ADVENTURE OF THE DESERTED RESIDENCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE THREE IMPOSTORS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePROLOGUE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"And Mr. Joseph Walters is going to stay the night?\" said the smooth\u003cbr\u003eclean-shaven man to his companion, an individual not of the most\u003cbr\u003echarming appearance, who had chosen to make his ginger-colored mustache\u003cbr\u003emerge into a pair of short chin-whiskers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe two stood at the hall door, grinning evilly at each other; and\u003cbr\u003epresently a girl ran quickly down, the stairs, and joined them. She was\u003cbr\u003equite young, with a quaint and piquant rather than a beautiful face, and\u003cbr\u003eher eyes were of a shining hazel. She held a neat paper parcel in one\u003cbr\u003ehand, and laughed with her friends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Leave the door open,\" said the smooth man to the other, as they were\u003cbr\u003egoing out. \"Yes, by----,\" he went on with an ugly oath. \"We'll leave the\u003cbr\u003efront door on the jar. He may like to see company, you know.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe other man looked doubtfully about him. \"Is it quite prudent do you\u003cbr\u003ethink, Davies?\" he said, pausing with his hand on the mouldering\u003cbr\u003eknocker. \"I don't think Lipsius would like it. What do you say, Helen?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I agree with Davies. Davies is an artist, and you are commonplace,\u003cbr\u003eRichmond, and a bit of a coward. Let the door stand open, of course. But\u003cbr\u003ewhat a pity Lipsius had to go away! He would have enjoyed himself.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes,\" replied the smooth Mr. Davies, \"that summons to the west was very\u003cbr\u003ehard on the doctor.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe three passed out, leaving the hall door, cracked and riven with\u003cbr\u003efrost and wet, half open, and they stood silent for a moment under the\u003cbr\u003eruinous shelter of the porch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well,\" said the girl, \"it is done at last. I shall hurry no more on the\u003cbr\u003etrack of the young man with spectacles.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We owe a great deal to you,\" said Mr. Davies politely; \"the doctor said\u003cbr\u003eso before he left. But have we not all three some farewells to make? I,\u003cbr\u003efor my part, propose to say good-by, here, before this picturesque but\u003cbr\u003emouldy residence, to my friend Mr. Burton, dealer in the antique and\u003cbr\u003ecurious,\" and the man lifted his hat with an exaggerated bow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"And I,\" said Richmond, \"bid adieu to Mr. Wilkins, the private\u003cbr\u003esecretary, whose company has, I confess, become a little tedious.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Farewell to Miss Lally, and to Miss Leicester also,\" said the girl,\u003cbr\u003emaking as she spoke a delicious courtesy. \"Farewell to all occult\u003cbr\u003eadventure; the farce is played.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078908625136,"sku":"2940012760302","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012760302_p0.jpg?v=1763571882","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012760302","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}