The Secret Adversary

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Page 1: THE SECRET ADVERSARY By Agatha Christie TO ALL THOSE WHO L...
Page 4: on the afternoon of May 7, 1915. The Lusitania had been st...
Page 7: I'll go through with it all right. And I'm real proud to b...
Page 10: Do you remember?" Tommy chuckled. "I should think I did! W...
Page 13: His brown suit was well cut, but perilously near the end o...
Page 16: I had intended to become a land girl, a postwoman, and a b...
Page 19: I always knew it." "Rot!" said Tommy hastily. "Well, that'...
Page 22: I fancy he keeps a bicycle shop in time of peace," explain...
Page 25: Let's have a--what do you call it in book-keeping?" "Don't...
Page 28: Now I'll read it straight through. 'Two young adventurers ...
Page 31: She hesitated. As if he read her thoughts, the man said qu...
Page 34: Tuppence remained for some minutes gazing after him. Then ...
Page 37: A middle-aged clerk got down from a high stool at a desk n...
Page 40: Madame Colombier's in the Avenue de Neuilly." Tuppence kne...
Page 43: Beresford?" "My partner," said Tuppence with dignity. "You...
Page 46: Anyway," snarled Whittington, "you knew enough to come in ...
Page 49: Blackmail, eh?" Tuppence smiled sweetly. "Oh no! Shall we ...
Page 52: Let's give Tommy a surprise!" murmured Tuppence, and haile...
Page 55: It's nearer. We shan't have to take another taxi. Come alo...
Page 58: Perhaps that's so," said Tommy slowly. "But you didn't inv...
Page 61: Well, anyway, what ARE we going to do? Whittington was in ...
Page 64: I somehow feel that in real life one will feel a bit of an...
Page 67: I suppose you don't know Mr. Whittington's address?" "Afra...
Page 70: The day of disillusionment had been a Wednesday. On Thursd...
Page 73: Perhaps you could call and see me at the above address at ...
Page 76: Hardly a minute elapsed, however, before the door opened, ...
Page 79: Carter held up his hand. "No names, please. I'm known as M...
Page 82: It was hoped that the whole affair had been kept so secret...
Page 85: A hint of alertness came into Mr. Carter's manner. "Becaus...
Page 88: Whittington's office. The clerk--he called him Brown. You ...
Page 91: But there's SOMETHING. Of course, Jane Finn may be dead fo...
Page 94: I have information that the big coup was planned for early...
Page 97: Well, good-bye, and good luck to you both." He shook hands...
Page 100: On inquiring for Mr. Hersheimmer, they were at once taken ...
Page 103: Tommy fell in with this demand in so far as he gave him a ...
Page 106: Hersheimmer was tremendous. They bowed before it. "But say...
Page 109: Old-fashioned and sweet, you know, but scared to move roun...
Page 112: Wrong!" Tuppence wagged an energetic finger. "We have two ...
Page 115: On these technical points I bow to your decision," murmure...
Page 118: Tommy paid off the taxi, and accompanied Tuppence to the f...
Page 121: They had collected a Gladys Mary and a Marjorie, been baff...
Page 124: Christian name?" "Margaret." Tommy spelt it, but the other...
Page 127: Tommy started in pursuit at once, and was in time to see t...
Page 130: Whittington addressed the other as Boris. Tommy caught the...
Page 133: Taxis were plentiful here, and before Whittington's had dr...
Page 136: 3.29.... Doors were banging. Tommy felt cold waves of desp...
Page 139: Something, as he expressed it, seemed to snap in his brain...
Page 142: His lucky use of it had gained him admission. So far he ha...
Page 145: This visitor proved to be of an entirely different type to...
Page 148: I can do nothing without--Mr. Brown. He is here?" The chan...
Page 151: The door did not budge. Tommy was annoyed. If he had to us...
Page 154: There was a pause, and then came the soft, sibilant accent...
Page 157: Then Tommy heard the light tap-tap of fingers, drumming on...
Page 160: Without them, as you say, we can do nothing. If they do no...
Page 163: This case is different," said the German sullenly. "How--d...
Page 166: Look! Do you know what this is?" With a dramatic gesture s...
Page 169: Finds it useful in her lay-out, you bet. Has she been wear...
Page 172: You leave it to me, miss, and I'll fix the whole thing up ...
Page 175: The energetic young man had succeeded in making the lives ...
Page 178: Mr. Carter's warnings passed unheeded. The young lady had ...
Page 181: It's a rotten place," said the young woman without hesitat...
Page 184: Vandemeyer motioned to a chair. "You can sit down. How did...
Page 187: The daughters of the archdeacon were well grounded in hous...
Page 190: She remembered that this was one of the men Tommy was shad...
Page 193: For some moments she reflected desperately, then her face ...
Page 196: He guesses----" Mrs. Vandemeyer eyed him scornfully. "Reas...
Page 199: The name of Jane Finn had not even been mentioned. The fol...
Page 202: She had heard it said that he might one day be Prime Minis...
Page 205: Carter, telling him when and where Tommy had started on hi...
Page 208: Julius paused. "I thought for sure you'd know all this." "...
Page 211: All the ground floor windows were shuttered tight, but ups...
Page 214: Just then the moon came out from behind the clouds. I was ...
Page 217: Why, doctor,' I said, 'I guess I feel an almighty fool, bu...
Page 220: Why shouldn't he be? See here, it was a foreign-looking gu...
Page 223: I'm glad you like the plan." He rose. "Where are you going...
Page 226: So long. I'll be back in half an hour." Thirty-five minute...
Page 229: It had begun like a page of romance. Now, shorn of its gla...
Page 232: Vandemeyer, I suppose?" "Not exactly," said Tuppence. "In ...
Page 235: I've a sort of feeling that you'd know in a minute if I di...
Page 238: He's been butting in somewhere where he wasn't wanted. Not...
Page 241: Hersheimmer," he said at last, "that is a very large sum."...
Page 244: Tuppence rose to her feet with a skip of delight. "Oh, I f...
Page 247: She was just turning away when she heard a piercing whistl...
Page 250: Nothing happened and, after waiting some minutes, Tuppence...
Page 253: I'd risk that," said Mrs. Vandemeyer cheerfully. "But, as ...
Page 256: All these reflections passed through her mind in a flash, ...
Page 259: Now who's on top and who's underneath?" she crowed. The ot...
Page 262: Vandemeyer scornfully, "that I am the kind of woman to sel...
Page 265: Vandemeyer showed no surprise. "I'm not sure where she is ...
Page 268: Vandemeyer shook her head. There was a strange gleam in he...
Page 271: Tuppence looked round to see what had startled her. In the...
Page 274: Vandemeyer had declared herself willing to disclose the id...
Page 277: Hersheimmer, should share the vigil." Tuppence was about t...
Page 280: Sir James turned to her. "Lock the door on the outside, pl...
Page 283: Where's the larder?" Tuppence directed him, and he returne...
Page 286: At the scene of your nocturnal adventures, the Bournemouth...
Page 289: Little by little the magic of the night began to gain a ho...
Page 292: Yes, it does," admitted Tuppence. "But, anyway, here goes....
Page 295: Julius's glance went to the window. "The window's open," h...
Page 298: The doctor accepted quite readily the theory that Mrs. Van...
Page 301: I think there is a room here where we shall be quite undis...
Page 304: Vandemeyer committed a young relative of hers to your char...
Page 307: An interesting case, a very interesting case. Not so uncom...
Page 310: Exactly. There was a case in Colorado----" The little man'...
Page 313: His voice rose. "The expense! It will be COLOSSAL!" "Money...
Page 316: When did she leave?" "Let me see. To-day is Monday, is it ...
Page 319: To think that Julius must have been actually under the sam...
Page 322: A momentary pity came into Sir James's keen eyes, as he ga...
Page 325: I'm getting down and out over the business. Sir James to-d...
Page 328: I shall be all right," snapped Tuppence with her usual res...
Page 331: Oh, it isn't that," gasped Tuppence with an almost hysteri...
Page 334: I wonder if he did find anything in that safe----" Tuppenc...
Page 337: Nobody knew where he was, therefore he need expect no outs...
Page 340: Do you deny that you were listening at that door?" "I do n...
Page 343: He stepped forward waving his arms. "You hell-hound of a s...
Page 346: Suddenly Boris stepped forward, and shook his fist in Tomm...
Page 349: I have a theory----" "Pah!" Tommy raised his hand, and sil...
Page 352: Though infinitely simpler for me, I did not really think y...
Page 355: More than ever, Tommy felt that there was a factor somewhe...
Page 358: Brown again. In this sealed and closed chamber, with its c...
Page 361: Intoxicated by his plan, Tommy gently unhooked the picture...
Page 364: But for what we are at last about to receive the Lord has ...
Page 367: Would Conrad again accompany the girl? If he did not, shou...
Page 370: I know nothing--only the name." She walked towards the doo...
Page 373: But wherefore the bonds and fetters? Why not let this kind...
Page 376: You have tied him up well, hein? He is like a trussed chic...
Page 379: A faint light streamed in from outside. Conrad went straig...
Page 382: Do you think you can go halfway, and then swing yourself d...
Page 385: Was that a command to him to go? He fancied it was. And th...
Page 388: Then he strolled gently in the opposite direction. He glan...
Page 391: Mr. Carter exhibited some surprise. "Ah, Westway! Shouldn'...
Page 394: Did she go to the police?" Mr. Carter shook his head. "The...
Page 397: His four days' imprisonment had taught him anew to value g...
Page 400: He, in his turn, assumed the role of narrator. Beginning w...
Page 403: Brown hasn't got wings. I don't see how he got in and out....
Page 406: The small boy drew a long breath. "I took up a telegram to...
Page 409: Tuppence and I have been pals for years. Nothing more." He...
Page 412: I don't feel I can be bothered to think of marriage until ...
Page 415: My God! What shall we do?" "Get busy, and go after her! Ri...
Page 418: The journey was wearisome, with many stops, and crowded ca...
Page 421: A jangling peal rang discordantly, echoing through the emp...
Page 424: No one's been over the place for a long time." "Thanks ver...
Page 427: Julius wired to town for his own car, and they scoured the...
Page 430: Are you coming along with me?" Tommy shook his head. "What...
Page 433: What he said," replied Julius dryly. "The old bird's as cl...
Page 436: You thought that, did you? Did you really? H'm, dear me." ...
Page 439: After dinner," he announced, "I shall go right away and se...
Page 442: I thought perhaps they were keeping her there by force, bu...
Page 445: Between them Tommy and Julius gave the history of the last...
Page 448: No hurry. You've wasted a week"--Tommy hung his head--"a d...
Page 451: How do, Cousin Jane?" he said lightly. But Tommy caught th...
Page 454: So you can go right ahead and tell us the whole story. Did...
Page 457: It was quite small--I could only just get my hand in, but ...
Page 460: It is unfortunate." The reluctance in his tone was very ev...
Page 463: Not that I can recollect, anyhow. Why?" "Because for the l...
Page 466: We're always saying, 'Will it pay?' The men are bad enough...
Page 469: Most always. I guess you never know what might turn up." T...
Page 472: Damn it!" he cried. "It's impossible! Five years! Think of...
Page 475: It never occurred to me." Tommy held the paper in position...
Page 478: He reverted to his former point of view. "It's no good arg...
Page 481: Tuppence----?" faltered Tommy. "Read for yourself." The ty...
Page 484: It's true," said Tommy quietly. "You mean they've done her...
Page 487: All right, son," he said quietly, "I'm going. I don't blam...
Page 490: IN DOWNING STREET THE Prime Minister tapped the desk in fr...
Page 493: Carter smiled dryly. "In the vaults of the Bank. I am taki...
Page 496: He asked me to collect any information on the subject I co...
Page 499: He replied that he had put it back where he found it." The...
Page 502: I can't prove it yet--but I know." The other two asked no ...
Page 505: At the pictures the crooks always have a restoorant in the...
Page 508: In any case, these precautions were totally unnecessary. T...
Page 511: With Mr. Brown unmasked and captured he believed, rightly ...
Page 514: It's all right. While they was a-running of you out the wi...
Page 517: Tommy appreciated her quick-wittedness in realizing that h...
Page 520: Presently the telephone at the secretary's elbow purred, a...
Page 523: I know these ducal suites--and I want this one plumb empty...
Page 526: I tell you I've never heard of the girl." "And I tell you,...
Page 529: I've always heard you Revolutionists held life cheap, but ...
Page 532: Isn't it all panning out beautifully? And a lovely night f...
Page 535: There was a man I shot once in Arizona----" he began cheer...
Page 538: The other little fool had better come too." Whittington tu...
Page 541: Let me go, then," cried the other. "I have done what you a...
Page 544: Down with you," cried Julius. "It's an ambush. These guys ...
Page 547: Hung on behind. Couldn't let you know before at the pace y...
Page 550: JANE'S STORY HER arm through Jane's, dragging her along, T...
Page 553: What are you thinking of?" said Jane sharply. "Why?" "Your...
Page 556: Now they'll imagine we're going to Mr. Carter. His country...
Page 559: The man sat down abruptly on the pavement. Tuppence and Ja...
Page 562: I'd noticed him more than once--and I'd figured it out in ...
Page 565: I got up, trying to look natural and easy. Perhaps they sa...
Page 568: The last thing I heard was his voice saying: 'That's not b...
Page 571: Then I got up as softly as I could, and felt in the dark a...
Page 574: SHE WAS ONE OF THEM! They still fancied it might be a bluf...
Page 577: Yes." The girl had sunk back on the sofa exhausted with th...
Page 580: For there we are up against the logic of facts. There are ...
Page 583: He went out West, where he obtained news of her and her ph...
Page 586: Yes. Evidently when the right moment came to get rid of hi...
Page 589: Tuppence had heard the story from Jane in her character of...
Page 592: She smiled at her own foolishness--then looked up with a s...
Page 595: s face, but his self-control was marvellous, as he looked ...
Page 598: Answer?" said Julius. His face paled. "You know--when you ...
Page 601: Deprived of their chief, the organization fell to pieces. ...
Page 604: Most young women were terrified of the "old bear," as they...
Page 607: I've always thought I was so much cleverer than Tommy--but...
Page 610: Carter ruefully. "That's why I sent the girls off to Sir J...
Page 613: But I have never shrunk from taking risks. And I feel an u...
Page 616: I make a practice of defending criminals. A man should loo...
Page 619: Carter. He looked at the American Ambassador. "I speak for...
Page 622: We're going by way of Regent's Park!" "Oh, Julius--what wi...
Page 625: Tommy was suddenly galvanized into life. "You're not going...
Page 628: You're insatiable, Tuppence. I've had quite enough adventu...