"There was a card party at the rooms of Naroumoff, of the Horse Guards. The long winter night passed away imperceptibly, and it was five o'clock in the morning before the company sat down to supper. Those who had won ate with a good appetite; the others sat staring absently at their empty plates. When the champagne appeared, however, the conversation became more animated, and all took a part in it."

Mystery Tales Including Stories By Feodor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky Jvrgen Wilhelm Bergsve And Bernhard Severin Ingemann.

Contents include: Russian Mystery Stories: Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin - The Queen of Spades, Vera Jelihovsky - The General's Will, Feodor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment, Anton Chekhoff - The Safety Match, Vsevolod Vladimirovitch Krestovski - Knights of Industry, Jorgen Wilhelm Bergsoe - The Amputated Arms, Otto Larssen - The Manuscript, Bernhard Severin Ingemann - The Sealed Room, Steen Steensen Blicher - The Rector of Veilbye, Hungarian Mystery Stories: Ferencz Molnar - The Living Death, Maurus Jokai - Thirteen at Table, Etienne Barsony - The Dancing Bear and Arthur Elck - The Tower Room.

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