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Colonel Thorndyke’s Secret

CHAPTER XI
19/23

Of course, the best time to see them is of an evening." "Yes, I have generally been in of an evening when I have been up in towns Dick, and I have always been amused.

However, I am quite ready to lunch there now, for I breakfasted early." "I have to make some calls this afternoon, Mark.

At seven this evening I will look in at your lodgings, and you shall go along with me to Ingleston's in St.Giles'.

It is one of the headquarters of the fancy, and Jack Needham, who taught me, is safe to be there, and he will tell me who he thinks is best for you to begin with." Accordingly, after taking luncheon, they separated, and Mark went to his inn.
Ingleston's was at that time regarded as the headquarters of the fancy.
At the back of the house was a large room, with benches rising behind each other to accommodate the spectators.

Here, on the evenings when it was known that leading men would put on the gloves, peers of the realm would sit side by side with sporting butchers, and men of fashion back their opinion on a coming prize fight with ex-pugilists and publicans.


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