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− | An excerpt from ''Shadow Game'', by J.G. | + | An excerpt from ''Shadow Game'', by J.G. Arseneau, still at large <br><br><br> |
− | + | ''August 14, 1867, Wednesday''<br> | |
− | + | ''Embankment, London''<br> | |
− | '' | + | ''2247hrs''<br><br> |
What the devil could I possibly have been thinking, throwing my torch into an unexplored room like that? ''Idiot!'' In my defense, I only thought to flummox the adversary I was certain lay beyond the door, knowing that my presence had been completely blown by Beignet a floor above. Not that it mattered one whit, since the room was unoccupied by anything but combustibles. There was no finding Mortimer or Dashwood in the building now. Not when it was going up like tinder.<br><br> | What the devil could I possibly have been thinking, throwing my torch into an unexplored room like that? ''Idiot!'' In my defense, I only thought to flummox the adversary I was certain lay beyond the door, knowing that my presence had been completely blown by Beignet a floor above. Not that it mattered one whit, since the room was unoccupied by anything but combustibles. There was no finding Mortimer or Dashwood in the building now. Not when it was going up like tinder.<br><br> | ||
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I must have whispered my thoughts aloud, for Drake quietly remarked on them and we exchanged a few words. I took the opportunity to ask him about his strange episode in the club building and he told me he’d seen a vision. A vision so repulsive and vile that he could scarce describe it. He could only say that it was an evil place and that God had given him the vision.<br><br> | I must have whispered my thoughts aloud, for Drake quietly remarked on them and we exchanged a few words. I took the opportunity to ask him about his strange episode in the club building and he told me he’d seen a vision. A vision so repulsive and vile that he could scarce describe it. He could only say that it was an evil place and that God had given him the vision.<br><br> | ||
− | + | I would have inquired further but at that moment, the cab lurched to a stop. We had arrived at Bow Street and there was no more time for talk. With my insides weighted with disappointment and dread, I gathered myself to meet my superior and deliver my report.<br><br><br><br><br> | |
− | + | Go back to [[A Summer's End | '''''A Summer's End''''']] | Go forward to '''''The Next Excerpt'''''<br> | |
− | + | Go to [[Shadow Game, a personal memoir | '''''Shadow Game, main page''''']] <br> | |
− | + | Go to [[Josephine Gabrielle Arceneaux | '''''Josephine's Page''''']]<br> | |
− | + | Go to [[The Dark Corners of the Earth | '''''The Dark Corners of the Earth''''' ]]<br><br> | |
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