The Pit Prop Syndicate by Freeman Wills Crofts
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"" > "" _ Manager's House > "" [_] > "" > "" > trees trees "" > "" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "" trees "" [transcriber's note: to view map variable spacing must be disabled.] "There doesn't seem to be much wrong here," Merriman said when they had surveyed the scene for nearly an hour. "No," Hilliard agreed, "and there didn't seem to be much wrong when I inspected the place on Sunday. But there can't be anything obviously wrong. If there is anything, in the nature of things it won't be easy to find." About nine o'clock Mr. Coburn, dressed in gray flannel, emerged from his house and crossed the grass to the mill. He remained there for a few minutes, then they saw him walking to the workers at the forest edge. He spent some moments with each gang, afterwards returning to his house. For nearly an hour things went on as before, and then Mr. Coburn reappeared at his hall door, this time accompanied by his daughter. Both were dressed extraordinarily well for such a backwater of civilization, he with a gray Homburg hat and gloves, |
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