The Man Who Could Not Lose

Excerpt from The Man Who Could Not Lose

They found Dromedary in the paddock, and thanked him, and Carter left Dolly with him, while he ran to collect his winnings; As though giving a signal, he shot his hand into the air; Carter rose. - Leaning forward with a nod and a smile, he presented the programme to the beautiful Miss Winter; His eyes were wide with excitement, greed, and fear. In his hands he clutched the two suit-cases. "Get out," he shouted; "Then I am to understand," he exclaimed, "that you refuse to carry out the wishes of a United States Senator and of the President of the United States?"; With a cockney accent that made even the accompanist grin, Ford lifted his voice; Something white sank through the semi-darkness. It was a woman's glove; Then, covered by the fire from the roofs, he sprang to the lamps and tilted them until they threw their shafts into the windows of the third story

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