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The Oracle of the Dog (1926)

by G. K. Chesterton

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I'll tell you what happened then, said Fiennes with a grim emphasis. "When we got back into that garden the first thing we saw was Traill the lawyer; I can see him now with his black hat and black whiskers relieved against the perspective of the blue flowers stretching down to the summer-house, with the sunset and the strange outline of the Rock of Fortune in the distance.… (more)
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How was Colonel Druce killed while sitting in his summer house at Cranston, Yorkshire. No-one was seen entering and the knife was never found.
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I'll tell you what happened then, said Fiennes with a grim emphasis. "When we got back into that garden the first thing we saw was Traill the lawyer; I can see him now with his black hat and black whiskers relieved against the perspective of the blue flowers stretching down to the summer-house, with the sunset and the strange outline of the Rock of Fortune in the distance.

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