[The Paradise Mystery by J. S. Fletcher]@TWC D-Link bookThe Paradise Mystery CHAPTER XXV 12/20
Like to know the names of the men, Mr.Folliot ?" "You might mention 'em--if you know 'em," answered Folliot. "The name of the particular one was Wraye--Falkiner Wraye," replied Bryce promptly.
"Of the other--the man of lesser importance--Flood." The two men looked quietly at each other for a full moment's silence. And it was Bryce who first spoke with a ring of confidence in his tone which showed that he knew he had the whip hand. "Shall I tell you something about Falkiner Wraye ?" he asked.
"I will!--it's deeply interesting.
Mr.Falkiner Wraye, after cheating and deceiving Brake, and leaving him to pay the penalty of his over-trustfulness, cleared out of England and carried his money-making talents to foreign parts.
He succeeded in doing well--he would!--and eventually he came back and married a rich widow and settled himself down in an out-of-the-world English town to grow roses.
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