All that wealth -- Mrs. Octagon would not be surprised to hear someone had murdered her aunt for it No sooner had she voiced her musings, sitting in private with her daughter, than her husband burst
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
"A splash of chloroform . . ." The drunken man was staggering -- but he was quite alive, when the thoughtful gentleman stumbled upon him in the thick Melbourne night, and hailed a c
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
"Gypsies! How very delightful! I really must have my fortune told. The dear things know all about the future."
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
Fergus Hume《The Green Mummy》
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
Fergus Hume《The Vanishing of Tera》
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
Fergus Hume（弗格斯·休姆）代表作《The Clock Struck One》
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
It was Toby Clendon who named it "Pinchler's Dockyard "--Toby Clendon, young, handsome, and a trifle scampish, who wrote witty essays for The Satirist, slashing criticisms for The B
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
Laurence Jen was a retired major, a bachelor, and the proprietor of a small estate at Hurstleigh, in Surrey. On leaving the service, he decided--not unwisely--that it was better to be a Triton in the
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
"S' y' want t' merry m' gel, Bella!" remarked Captain Huxham, rubbing his stout knees slowly, and repeating the exact words of the clerical suitor. "S' thet she may be yer
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
It was a sultry July afternoon, and in the azure arch of the firmament flamed an unclouded sun. The corn was ripening to a rich yellow in some meadows, and the newly mown hay in others was being pile
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
Certain portions of England yet remain undiscovered by Americans and uncivilised by railways. Colester village above King's-meadows, in a county which need not be named, is one of these unknown spots
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
弗格斯·休姆的经典之作。 This book have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by th
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
The train to Crumel was late. Due at four o'clock, it failed to reach its destination, until ten minutes past the hour. This was not the fault of the branch-line authorities.
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
"How you do go on, Mother Jimboy!" giggled the girl, with an affectation of carelessness. ..
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
To find Barkers Inn was much the same to an ordinary person as looking for a needle in the proverbial haystack.
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
The shop was a pink-painted building which faced the blank walls of other houses on the opposite side of the crooked lane, so that it could not be overlooked by any Peeping Tom.
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
“Eleven o’clock and a windy night!” might have been the cry of a mediæval watchman at that hour on the 24th July 19—.
作者：Fergus Hume9个月前
