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Title: A Thief in the Night
Further adventures of A. J. Raffles, Cricketer and Cracksman

Author: E. W. Hornung

Illustrator: Cyrus Cuneo

Release Date: July 15, 2010 [EBook #33173]

Language: English

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[Illustration: I think she must have seen us, even in
the dim light.]

A THIEF

IN THE NIGHT

FURTHER ADVENTURES OF

A. J. RAFFLES

CRICKETER AND CRACKSMAN

BY

E. W. HORNUNG

ILLUSTRATED BY

CYRUS CUNEO

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

NEW YORK 1906

COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY
E. W. HORNUNG

COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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CONTENTS

Page

Out of Paradise 1

The Chest of Silver 32

The Rest Cure 58

The Criminologists' Club 88

The Field of Philippi 122

A Bad Night 156

A Trap to Catch a Cracksman 184

The Spoils of Sacrilege 216

The Raffles Relics 247

The Last Word 278

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ILLUSTRATIONS

I think she must have seen us, even in the
dim light Frontispiece

Facing
Page

Raffles in the strong-room 54

It was the fire-eating and prison-inspectin