{"product_id":"2940013650275","title":"The Quest of the Sacred Slipper","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      I.  THE PHANTOM SCIMITAR.\u003cbr\u003e     II.  THE GIRL WITH THE VIOLET EYES\u003cbr\u003e    III.  \"HASSAN OF ALEPPO\"\u003cbr\u003e     IV.  THE OBLONG BOX\u003cbr\u003e      V.  THE OCCUPANT OF THE BOX\u003cbr\u003e     VI.  THE RING OF THE PROPHET\u003cbr\u003e    VII.  FIRST ATTEMPT ON THE SAFE\u003cbr\u003e   VIII.  THE VIOLET EYES AGAIN\u003cbr\u003e     IX.  SECOND ATTEMPT ON THE SAFE\u003cbr\u003e      X.  AT THE BRITISH ANTIQUARIAN MUSEUM\u003cbr\u003e     XI.  THE HOLE IN THE BLIND\u003cbr\u003e    XII.  THE HASHISHIN WATCH\u003cbr\u003e   XIII.  THE WHITE BEAM\u003cbr\u003e    XIV.  A SCREAM IN THE NIGHT\u003cbr\u003e     XV.  A SHRIVELLED HAND\u003cbr\u003e    XVI.  THE DWARF\u003cbr\u003e   XVII.  THE WOMAN WITH THE BASKET\u003cbr\u003e  XVIII.  WHAT CAME THROUGH THE WINDOW\u003cbr\u003e    XIX.  A RAPPING AT MIDNIGHT\u003cbr\u003e     XX.  THE GOLDEN PAVILION\u003cbr\u003e    XXI.  THE BLACK TUBE\u003cbr\u003e   XXII.  THE LIGHT OF EL-MEDINEH\u003cbr\u003e  XXIII.  THE THREE MESSAGES\u003cbr\u003e   XXIV.  I KEEP THE APPOINTMENT\u003cbr\u003e    XXV.  THE WATCHER IN BANK CHAMBERS\u003cbr\u003e   XXVI.  THE STRONG-ROOM\u003cbr\u003e  XXVII.  THE SLIPPER\u003cbr\u003e XXVIII.  CARNETA\u003cbr\u003e   XXIX.  WE MEET MR. ISAACS\u003cbr\u003e    XXX.  AT THE GATE HOUSE\u003cbr\u003e   XXXI.  THE POOL OF DEATH\u003cbr\u003e  XXXII.  SIX PATCHES\u003cbr\u003e XXXIII.  HOW WE WERE REENFORCED\u003cbr\u003e  XXXIV.  MY LAST MEETING WITH HASSAN OF ALEPPO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE QUEST OF THE SACRED SLIPPER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PHANTOM SCIMITAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was not the only passenger aboard the S.S. Mandalay who perceived\u003cbr\u003ethe disturbance and wondered what it might portend and from whence\u003cbr\u003eproceed.  A goodly number of passengers were joining the ship at\u003cbr\u003ePort Said.  I was lounging against the rail, pipe in mouth, lazily\u003cbr\u003ewondering, with a large vagueness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat a heterogeneous rabble it was!--a brightly coloured rabble,\u003cbr\u003ebut the colours all were dirty, like the town and the canal. Only\u003cbr\u003ethe sky was clean; the sky and the hard, merciless sunlight which\u003cbr\u003espared nothing of the uncleanness, and defied one even to think\u003cbr\u003eof the term dear to tourists, \"picturesque.\"  I was in that kind\u003cbr\u003eof mood.  All the natives appeared to be pockmarked; all the\u003cbr\u003eEuropeans greasy with perspiration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what was the stir about?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI turned to the dark, bespectacled young man who leaned upon the\u003cbr\u003erail beside me.  From the first I had taken to Mr. Ahmad Ahmadeen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is some kind of undercurrent of excitement among the natives,\"\u003cbr\u003eI said, \"a sort of subdued Greek chorus is audible.  What's it all\u003cbr\u003eabout?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr. Ahmadeen smiled.  After a gaunt fashion, he was a handsome man\u003cbr\u003eand had a pleasant smile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Probably,\" he replied, \"some local celebrity is joining the ship.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI stared at him curiously.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Any idea who he is?\"  (The soul of the copyhunter is a restless\u003cbr\u003esoul.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA group of men dressed in semi-European fashion--that is, in\u003cbr\u003eEuropean fashion save for their turbans, which were green--passed\u003cbr\u003eclose to us along the deck.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAhmadeen appeared not to have heard the question.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070108877040,"sku":"2940013650275","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013650275_p0.jpg?v=1763583857","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013650275","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}