The Talleyrand Maxim By J S Fletcher
THE TALLEYRAND MAXIM BY J. S. FLETCHER 1920 CONTENTS CHAPTER I DEATH BRINGS OPPORTUNITY II IN TRUST III THE SHOP-BOY IV THE FORTUNATE POSSESSORS V POINT-BLANK VI THE UNEXPECTED VII THE SUPREME INDUCEMENT VIII TERMS IX UNTIL NEXT SPRING X THE FOOT-BRIDGE XI THE PREVALENT ATMOSPHERE XII THE POWER OF ATTORNEY XIII THE FIRST TRICK XIV CARDS ON THE TABLE XV PRATT OFFERS A HAND XVI A HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE XVII ADVERTISEMENT XVIII THE CONFIDING LANDLORD XIX THE EYE-WITNESS XX THE Green Man XXI THE DIRECT CHARGE XXII THE CAT’SPAW XXIII SMOOTH FACE AND ANXIOUS BRAIN XXIV THE BETTER HALF XXV DRY SHERRY XXVI THE TELEPHONE MESSAGE XXVII RESTORED TO ENERGY XXVIII THE WOMAN IN BLACK THE TALLEYRAND MAXIM CHAPTER I DEATH BRINGS OPPORTUNITY Linford Pratt, senior clerk to Eldrick & Pascoe, solicitors, of Barford, a young man who earnestly desired to get on in life, by hook or by crook, with no objection whatever to crookedness, so long as it could be performed in safety and secrecy, had once during one of his periodical visits to the town Reference Library, lighted on a maxim of that other unscrupulous person, Prince Talleyrand, which had pleased him greatly....