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22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Those jewels were entrusted to me for a particular purpose by Lady Eileen Meredith, she said peremptorily."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is all you have any right to know. You can easily ring her up and ask her. Do it at once and let me go."
},
{
"from"... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She admits having handed over the jewels to Lola, but she won't say a word beyond that, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She's as obstinate as a mule. I have told the Duke something of where we stand, and he has agreed to take the gems back without letting her... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You can go, he said abruptly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shall ask you to be very careful, however, Princess. If you are wise you will leave England at once."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because, m... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These youngsters are all the same, he complained querulously."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They will put flowers into their reports. It is always a beast of a job to make 'em understand that we want a fact plain and prompt. They can do it all right in the witness-b... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're progressing a little, though not so fast as I'd like. We know that Grell is alive, that he is in touch with Ivan Abramovitch and Lola Rachael--or the Princess Petrovska, as she calls herself. There is at least one other man in it--probably more. It's fairly certain that Gr... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then it all came out. Since then I have been very careful in dealing with newspaper men."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is there anything more?"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This will be the best method of communicating with E. M. if L. supplies her with key. Her 'phone number 12845 Gerrard."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Honour among thieves,"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wish some of you would pass the word among our people that we will pay pretty handsomely for any one who puts us on to the gang mixed up in this Grell business. Word it differently to that. You'll know how to put it. You might get hold of Sheeny Foster, Wagnell, or Poodle Murp... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Heldon Foyle presents his compliments to Sir Ralph Fairfield and would be obliged if he could see him at his office at six o'clock this evening, or failing that, by an early appointment, on a matter of urgent importance."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good evening, Sir Ralph. I was hoping you would come. I would not have troubled you but that I felt you would like to know how we are getting on. You were a friend of Mr. Grell's."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well? said Sir Ralph frigidly."
},
{
"from": "hu... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I want your word first, Sir Ralph, that what I tell you shall not be spoken of by you to any living soul, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then I will tell you frankly and openly the whole history of our investigation, and you can decide whether you will help ... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's all this? he demanded hoarsely."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you mean to say Grell is not dead?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "As far as I know he is as alive as you or I at this present minute, said Foyle."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course, I'll give you my word,"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You think she really meant to kill me? He waved his hand impatiently as Foyle nodded."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Never mind that. Go on. Go on."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Vanity Fair"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you say, Sir Ralph? Will you help us?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If I do, will it mean that you will arrest Grell for murder?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have been quite open with you, Sir Ralph. I don't know. As things are at present, ... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will assist you as far as I can, but you must allow me to decide when to remain neutral,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Agreed,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fred knew very well how to circumvent the precaution taken by order of the police that publi... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "--perhaps two--with him. As chance would have it, a portly business man, with a massive gold chain spanning his ample waist, had seated himself next the operator. And Fred had decided that the watch on the end of the cable was worth risking an experiment upon. Besides, the appea... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hello, Mr. Foyle! I am glad to see you, he said, with a heartiness that he knew did not deceive the other."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's a long time since we met."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's a piece of luck meeting you, Freddy, he went on.... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm glad you struck me--on my word I am, he said earnestly, while his active wits were wondering what the detective wanted."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That bloke was carrying a red clock, and, though I was going for it, I had a feeling I should get into trouble. ... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "See here, Micky, he said tensely."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I've had enough to-night, and I'm going to give it a rest. So you'd better shut your face. I'm the man who's got the say, so here. You just bite on that."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hello, Ike, said the newcomer, adjusting himself to a high stool."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How's things?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hello, Dutch. Thought you got stuck the other side of the town. What are you going to have?"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Funny thing you should speak about that, commented Ike, glancing casually about to make certain that no one was within earshot."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hear that there's piles of stuff in that house, and there's only a butler and a man named Lomont, who was ... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know, he said, shaking his head doubtfully."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It isn't like a lonely suburban street."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm not a mug, am I? What do you say to walking in the front door, opening it with a key, and with ... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will R. G. communicate with R. F. Very anxious."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's a fair ruse. We're pretty certain he's hiding somewhere in London, and it's a big field unless we've got a starting-point. That's our trouble--finding a starting-point. In detective stories the hero always hits on it unerringly at once. There was one yarn in which the scrat... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's the kind of thing in terms of arithmetic. Now look at the parts in relation to each other. Grell leaves the club and gets you to lie about his absence. Coincidence number one. A man astonishingly like him is murdered in his study a short time afterwards. Coincidence numbe... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dutch Fred thinks he's got hold of something, opened Foyle abruptly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I've told him to meet you at Lyon's in the Strand. I think he's all right, but don't let him have any money until you've tested his yarn."
},
{
"from": "human"... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The real goods, said Green, who was obviously feeling pleased with himself."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your long shot has come off. They're falling short of money, for they've put Red Ike up to break into Grell's... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sit down, Green. Let's hear all about it,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's all fixed up. Ike walks into the place with Grell's keys at eight o'clock to-night, while Freddy keeps watch outside----"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And some one keeps an e... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'll have to have your breakdown rather closer to the house than we thought, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Give Ike a good chance inside. You've got the duplicate key all right?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's safe enough, answered Gre... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Red Ike's gone along, he said, as Foyle supplied him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nobody else has been hanging round except Freddy. The constable on the beat passed along just after Ike."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, my man, said Foyle sharply,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I--I believe they have no right there. I must go and see,"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, you don't, said Foyle peremptorily."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "When you masquerade as a policeman again, my friend, make sure you have a letter of the right division on your collar. This district is B, not M. I am a police officer, and I shall arrest you on a... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now we're more comfortable, said Foyle, sinking into the cushions of the car."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you want to give any explanation before I formally charge you, you may. Only don't forget that anything you say may be used in evidence against you."
},
... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here comes Mr. Green, sir."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, it's you, Mr. Smith! Didn't you think I could be trusted for fair does over the stuff inside? You've fallen into it this time, and no blooming error. Where's Fred?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fred who? queried Foyle."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value"... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aw--don't come it, Mr. Foyle,"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sit down and make yourself comfortable, said the superintendent cheerfully."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We want to have a little talk with you, Ike. Would you like a drink? Here, have a cigar."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A little out of your usual line this, went on Foyle, watching his man intently."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As neat a job as ever was spoiled by accident. Now you know, as well as I do, that we can't force you to talk. But it'll help us a bit if you tell us who yo... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's no good, Mr. Foyle, said Ike."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The only man that was in this with me was Dutch Fred. You'd better go and get him, because I shall tell all about it in court. He gave me the keys."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't be... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I guess that it isn't bursting into the place that's put you two to work, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You want to know something. If I could help you I s'pose you'd drop this case?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You know we can't do that in ... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's no good, guv'nor, said Ike."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you want me to talk I'll do it--if you'll let me go."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Right. Foyle rose abruptly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll let it go at that, Ike. Y... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You've got the bulge on me this time, guv'nor, he admitted ruefully."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I give you best. You're welcome to all I know--though that isn't much."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't let's have any misunderstanding, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We're not making any promises except that the court will know you helped us in another case. If you choose to keep quiet we can't do a thing to you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"val... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Anyway, I took the job on, and he handed me over the twirls and a lay-out of the house. He didn't tell me who was behind him. And I didn't ask too many questions. He called himself Mr. Smith, and we met once or twice at the ---- He named a public-house in Leman Street, Whitechap... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Both charged, said the other laconically."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The other chap refuses to give any account of himself. Refuses even to give a name. Seems to be a Yankee. I had his finger-prints taken. There was nothing on him to identify him."
},
{
"... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "and"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here it is, he said at last and read:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Charles J. Condit. American. No. 9781 Habitual Convicts' Registry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Put 'em back, said Foyle."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll find his re... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is our man right enough, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "American finger-prints and photograph supplied by the New York people when he took a trip to this country five years ago. Never convicted here. It says little about him. We'll have to cable over to... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have you seen the _Wire_ this morning?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, he answered,"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you make of the infernal thing? he demanded."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's absolute Greek to me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's simply a sighting shot, Sir Ralph, he remarked quietly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Grell c... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, Sir Ralph,"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then there was a sequel. I had warned the sheriff and the attorney, who had made up their differences, that the man they had got was a slippery customer to handle. However, they got him in the boat all right. When they got to New York I had a cable from the captain--a friend of ... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did not know you were here, Sir Ralph. I understood Mr. Foyle wished to see me."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I brought Sir Ralph here. I thought his presence might be necessary."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, I suppose you have some disagreeable business to transact. Let us get it over."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I want to know, he said slowly,"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't quite understand. What advertisement? I know nothing about Mr. Grell since he left Grosvenor Gardens. Will you explain?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "E. £27.14.5. To-morrow. B."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That, he said,"
},
{
"from":... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, it was for Sir Ralph, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is why I brought him here. It is you, though, who hold the key to this mystery. We know that you would have sent your jewels to Grell, that you are in communication with his friends. You are youn... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You would be offensive if you were not amusing, Mr. Foyle. Don't you think my help would be a little superfluous, since you know so much? she asked with a quietness that robbed the remark of some of its bitterness."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think you had bette... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did not tell you why I took you to see Lady Eileen, because I was afraid you might refuse. She has been antagonistic to you hitherto. The fact that Grell advertised you in somewhat the same manner as herself has given her the idea that, after all, you too might be trying to sh... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You wanted to see me alone,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I want to know if we are allies--or enemies. I know I have treated you abominably, but I was driven half mad by the thought that Bob was dead. Now we are working together--are we not?"
},
{
"from... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What was the number mentioned in your advertisement?"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The bottom line is the top one turned into cipher, she explained."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The middle line is the key number. In the first word you take the second letter from T, the third from H, the first from I, and so on. It is a cipher that cannot be unrav... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You call yourself a spy. It is a good name. For a police spy there is no room in this house."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But if the advertisement has not already been given in, can you give a note to whoever brings it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, that could be done."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That was Lady Eileen Meredith, said the workman, in a quick, low voice."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What did she want?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She's guessed that we know the cipher, retorted the other."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value":... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A nice mess you've got me into, he complained."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why didn't you tell me you knew the secret of the cipher?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Didn't I? I thought I made it perfect... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's a pity, he said reflectively."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It may mean a re-arrangement of our plans. And believe me, Sir Ralph, I badly regret now that I did not go into fuller details with you. What happened?"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She told you that you were a spy--that I had used you as a tool, he said sharply."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You have been hurt by her words. I don't want you to feel that you are anything but a free agent, or to do anything that you consider dishonourable. But I... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A woman brought the advertisement to Fleet Street, sir, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Blake has just telephoned up that he and Lambert are keeping her under observation. He 'phoned earlier that Lady Eileen Meredith had been there."
},
{
"from": "hum... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The fools! I warned them to handle it carefully. Now they've been and mixed the whole lot up."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That you, Green? Send this up to Grant, and ask him to have it photographed. See if he can pick out any of the prints as being in the records or bearing on the case. Somebody's been pawing this all over, and the prints are probably spoilt. It's been printed out, too, so there is... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Listen to this, Green,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A barge below Tower Bridge, repeated Green, with something like admiration."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That was a good shot. He might have stayed there till doomsday without our hitting on him, o... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very good, sir, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you think the man you want is on the river, we will find him. I guess, as you say, he's got a job as a watchman. He's probably had to get somebody to buy a barge, for they don't give these jobs without some k... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Any luck?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can't tell yet, he said irritably."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've only just started. Go away."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sorry I spoke, old chap, said the other."
},
{
"from": "human"... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't believe he is a detective at all,"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Phew, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A narrow shave that, and then, as if realising the sex of his companion,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I--I beg your pardon. I hope the carriage is not reserved. If so, I will change."
},
{
"from": ... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So you are a colleague of Mr. Foyle's? she went on, and though her voice was soft there was a trace of mockery in it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He is charmingly considerate to send you to look after me. I was desolated to think that I should have to take such a ... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Smoke, if you like, she said, with a gracious wave of her hand."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know you are dying to do so. Then we can talk. Do you know, I have long wished to have a talk with a real detective. Your work must be so fascinating."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Indeed, he said grimly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I thought you had met Mr. Foyle. In fact, I believe that he afforded you some opportunity of seeing a portion of the workings of our police system. Do you smoke? May I offer you a cigarette?"
},
{
"from":... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Won't you try one of mine? she asked."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is, if you care for Egyptian."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's going to be a cold job,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ay, agreed Green. Then, without moving his head:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's that chap Jerrold of the _Wire_ behind us. Has he got any idea of what we're on?"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I never! How are you, Mr. Foyle? And you, Mr. Green? What are you doing down here?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "For the matter of that, what are you doing?"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Me? he retorted."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, I'm writing a story about Westminster Bridge. Cracks have developed in the pier. Is it safe? You know the kind of thing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, I know, agreed Foyle, with a smile and a gla... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That coroner's officer, went on Jerrold gravely,"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So that's why he kept us talking, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He suspects something, and wanted to keep us till he could send for a boat himself. We shall be a regular procession if we don't stop that."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where's Mr. Jerrold?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who's he?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come, you know who he is well enough. He's the man who's borrowed or hired this craft, and he got on board just now. I want to speak to him. If he has ordered y... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Jerrold, can't we settle this without quarrelling? We're on a queer job, and you might spoil it all by hanging around. Leave us to it, and if there's anything fit for publication you shall have first pull. Don't ask me anything else and I'll promise you that."
},
{
"... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're right, sir. If we take the likely one now we can leave the others till we've finished. We'll get on. Let her out, boys."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's a new caretaker on a tier of barges just above Tower Bridge, whispered Wrington tensely."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll try there first. Keep your voice low if you want to speak, sir. Sound travels a long way on the water. Ah, there it is."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stop her, ordered Wrington."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, sir, will you board her with me? Get ready."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Keep still, ordered Foyle, doggedly maintaining his hold."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hi, Green, Wrington! Give me a hand here, will you?"
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look lively with those boats. He's gone overboard, yelled Wrington."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Light up and get close in to the bank."
}
] |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's hopeless, growled Green, in an undertone."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "On a night like this we might as well look for a needle in a haystack."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We won't give up yet, anyway, retorted Foyle, and there was an unwonted i... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, it's hardly the kind of thing a barge watchman would wear, commented Foyle."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'd better take the bag along, and you can go through it at your leisure. The laundry marks will tell whose they are. You had better stop here, Wrington, ... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Man found drugged in first-class compartment of express from London, bears warrant card and other documents identifying him as Inspector Robert Blake, C.I.D., London. Is now under care of our surgeon, and has not yet recovered consciousness. In no danger. He travelled from Londo... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It was sheer foolishness, Sir Hilary, he admitted bitterly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If we hadn't blundered Grell would have been in our hands now. As it is, we have to begin the search for him all over again."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You st... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's all right, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But how do you account for Grell finding people ready to his hand in London to help him disappear at the very moment he needs them? There are several people mixed up in it, we know; but how is it that they are... |
22173 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Had a cold night?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Been too busy to think about it, sir, he chuckled."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We discovered that the owners of the barge engaged the man who gave the name of Floyd on the written recommendation of a f... |
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