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THE
RED REDMAYNES
BY
EDEN PHILLPOTTS
New York
The Macmillan Company
1922
BY
EDEN PHILLPOTTS
EUDOCIA
EVANDER
PLAIN SONG
GREEN ALLEYS
ORPHAN DINAH
MISER'S MONEY
THE GREY ROOM
CHILDREN OF MEN
A SHADOW PASSES
STORM IN A TEACUP
PAN AND THE TWINS
THE BANKS OF COLNE
CHRONICLES OF SAINT TID
THE HUMAN BOY AND THE WAR
CONTENTS
XIII. THE SUDDEN RETURN TO ENGLAND
XVI. THE LAST OF THE REDMAYNES
XVII. THE METHODS OF PETER GANNS
THE RED REDMAYNES
CHAPTER I
THE RUMOUR
Every man has a right to be conceited until he is famous—so it issaid; and perhaps unconsciously, Mark Brendon shared that opinion.
His self-esteem was not, however, conspicuous, although he held thatonly a second-rate man is diffident. At thirty-five years of age healready stood high in the criminal investigation department of thepolice. He was indeed about to receive an inspectorship, well earnedby those qualities of imagination and intuition which, added to thenecessary endowment of courage, resource, and industry, had createdhis present solid success.
A substantial record already stood behind him, and during the warcertain international achievements were added to his credit. He feltcomplete assurance that in ten years he would retire from governmentemploy and open that private and personal practice which it was hisambition to establish.
And now Mark was taking holiday on Dartmoor, devoting himsel