The Prophet of Berkeley Square. Robert Hichens
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Robert Hichens
The Prophet of Berkeley Square
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664567215
Table of Contents
MRS. MERILLIA IS CARRIED TO BED
MALKIEL THE SECOND IS BETRAYED BY THE YOUNG LIBRARIAN
THE TWO PROPHETS PARTAKE OF “CREAMING FOAM.”
THE SECRET WATERS OF THE RIVER MOUSE
MALKIEL THE SECOND POISONS MISS MINERVA
THE OLD ASTRONOMER DISCOURSETH OF THE STARS
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF MISS MINERVA
THE PROPHET RECEIVES HIS DIRECTIONS FROM MADAME
THE PROPHET BEGINS TO CARRY OUT HIS DIRECTIONS
THE PROPHET AND MALKIEL THE SECOND CONVERSE BY TELEGRAM
MISS MINERVA OPENS HER BOOK OF REVELATION IN A CAB
THE ELABORATE MIND OF MISS MINERVA
THE PROPHET IS INTERVIEWED BY TWO KIDS
THE PROPHET JOURNEYS TO THE MOUSE
THE PROPHET CREATES A DIVERSION AT HIS OWN EXPENSE
THE PROPHET RETURNS FROM THE MOUSE WITH TWO OLD AND VALUED FRIENDS
MALKIEL THE SECOND IS MISTAKEN FOR A RATCATCHER
THE PROPHET RETIRES FROM BUSINESS
CHAPTER I
MRS. MERILLIA IS CARRIED TO BED
The great telescope of the Prophet was carefully adjusted upon its lofty, brass-bound stand in the bow window of Number One Thousand Berkeley Square. It pointed towards the remarkably bright stars which twinkled in the December sky over frosty London, those guardian stars which always seemed