The Carpet from Bagdad
by Harold MacGrath
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1911
ISBN/ASIN: B00F8OFFNU
Number of pages: 391
Description:
The carriage containing the gentleman with the reversible cuffs drew up at the side entrance. Instantly the Arab guides surged and eddied round him; but their clamor broke against a composure as effective as granite. The roar was almost directly succeeded by a low gurgle, as of little waves receding. The proposed victim had not spoken a word...
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