The Twin Detectives; or, The Robbers of the Tomb — page 66: what you’re looking at

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THE TWIN DETECTIVES. 57 CHAPTER XII. PLAYING A PART. Bates’ telegram did not have the effect on Bob Brierly that Hall supposed it would. The astute detective shrewdly guessed that the information had been furnished Bates by one of the parties interested. ‘‘They would never dream of going to Australia, It is too long a journey. ‘They will come to New York, and the more readily as they fancy I will rush off to England with the first steamer that sails, Ill stay here and await devel- opments.” Bob was very intimate with Hudson, the New York de- tective, but he did not tell him one word about the case they were detailed on. Charles was, on the contrary, very open, and gave Brierly the benefit of all his experience among New York thieves and burglars. Hudson was young, but his record was good, and although Brierly despised him for his candid nature, which he thought unprofessional, he could not deny that the American de- tective was more than his equal in shrewdness and sagacity. Hudson wondered why Brierly watched him so closely, and took such a deep interest in all his private affairs. He had never seen Brierly, except in disguise; he knew nothing of the extraordinary resemblance between them. In keeping this fact a secret, Brierly had an immense ad- vantage over Hudson; he hardly yet knew his own inten- tions in doing this. Of one fact he was, however, well aware, and that was ~ that he was more attracted by Madge Lippencot’s beautiful face than he had ever been by any other woman. He also knew that Madge loved Charles Hudson. ((0) Gomicbooks =>