The Secret of the Night

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The Secret of the Night (1914)
by Gaston Leroux, illustrated by H. Richard Boehm, translated by Anonymous

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Then there was the curious spectacle of Rouletabille standing on the hangman’s stool, the fatal rope hanging above his head, his legs crossed, his elbow on his knees in that eternal attitude which Art has always given to human thought, his fists under his jaws, his eyes fixed—all around him, all those young men intent on his silence, not moving a muscle, turned into statues themselves that they might not disturb the statue which thought and thought.

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A POLICEMAN FIRED AND MISSED HIM

THE SECRET
OF THE NIGHT

Further Adventures
of Rouletabille

BY
GASTON LEROUX
Author of "the Mystery of the Yellow Room", etc

NEW YORK
THE MACAULAY COMPANY
1914

The longest-living author of this work died in 1927, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 96 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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Translation:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1927, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 96 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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The Secret of the Night

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