ISBN: 9781153706315

Excerpt: ... in which his father had been carried off could only have furnished a stage, which had been followed by another stage, furnished by some other conveyance. And his father was f… More...

Excerpt: ... in which his father had been carried off could only have furnished a stage, which had been followed by another stage, furnished by some other conveyance. And his father was far away. He was thinking of leaving, when, one Monday morning, he saw, on the envelope of an unstamped letter, sent on to him from Paris, a handwriting that set him trembling with emotion. So great was his excitement that, for some minutes, he dared not open the letter, for fear of a disappointment. His hand shook. Was it possible? Was this not a trap laid for him by his infernal enemy? He tore open the envelope. It was indeed a letter from his father, written by his father himself. The handwriting presented all the peculiarities, all the oddities of the hand which he knew so well. He read: Will these lines ever reach you, my dear son? I dare not believe it. During the whole night of my abduction, we traveled by motor car; then, in the morning, by carriage. I could see nothing. My eyes were bandaged. The castle in which I am confined should be somewhere in the midlands, to judge by its construction and the vegetation in the park. The room which I occupy is on the second floor: it is a room with two windows, one of which is almost blocked by a screen of climbing glycines. In the afternoon, I am allowed to walk about the park, at certain hours, but I am kept under unrelaxing observation. I am writing this letter, on the mere chance of its reaching you, and fastening it to a stone. Perhaps, one day, I shall be able to throw it over the wall and some peasant will pick it up. But do not be distressed about me. I am treated with every consideration. Your old father, who is very fond of you and very sad to think of the trouble he is giving you, BEAUTRELET. Isidore at once looked at the postmarks. They read, Cuzion, Indre. The Indre! The department which he had been stubbornly searching for weeks! He consulted a little pocket-guide which he always carried. Cuzion, in the canton of... Maurice Leblanc, Books, Mystery and Suspense, The Hollow Needle; Further Adventures Of Arsene Lupin Books>Mystery and Suspense, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781153706315

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Fiction / Action Books, Fiction~~Mystery & Detective~~General, The-Hollow-Needle~~Maurice-Leblanc, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<