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Charles Rushton Nicolson - Nick
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IT had always been the contention of Detective-Superintendent Benham that Sir Thomas Cummynge's sudden demise had been the result of fou! play, and when Sir Thomas's daughter began to associate with so undesirable a character as Lord Maldhurst, the dope fiend, Sergeant Hawke began to feel uneasy. Admittedly Hawke's interest in the late baronet's daughter was not wholly official, nevertheless there were so many unaccountable happenings, so many threads to follow that-he was convinced that something was afoot. |