{"product_id":"2940013301061","title":"The Gorilla Hunters","description":"CHAPTER ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIN WHICH THE HUNTERS ARE INTRODUCED.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was five o'clock in the afternoon.  There can be no doubt whatever as\u003cbr\u003eto that.  Old Agnes may say what she pleases--she has a habit of doing\u003cbr\u003eso--but I know for certain (because I looked at my watch not ten minutes\u003cbr\u003ebefore it happened) that it was exactly five o'clock in the afternoon\u003cbr\u003ewhen I received a most singular and every way remarkable visit--a visit\u003cbr\u003ewhich has left an indelible impression on my memory, as well it might;\u003cbr\u003efor, independent of its singularity and unexpectedness, one of its\u003cbr\u003eresults was the series of strange adventures which are faithfully\u003cbr\u003edetailed in this volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt happened thus:--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was seated in an armchair in my private study in a small town on the\u003cbr\u003ewest coast of England.  It was a splendid afternoon, and it was exactly\u003cbr\u003efive o'clock.  Mark that.  Not that there is anything singular about the\u003cbr\u003emere fact, neither is it in any way mixed up with the thread of this\u003cbr\u003etale; but old Agnes is very obstinate--singularly positive--and I have a\u003cbr\u003especial desire that she should see it in print, that I have not given in\u003cbr\u003eon that point.  Yes, it was five precisely, and a beautiful evening.  I\u003cbr\u003ewas ruminating, as I frequently do, on the pleasant memories of bygone\u003cbr\u003edays, especially the happy days that I spent long ago among the coral\u003cbr\u003eislands of the Pacific, when a tap at the door aroused me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Come in.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068740419824,"sku":"2940013301061","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013301061_p0.jpg?v=1763590734","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013301061","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}