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Postern of Fate
A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery
Dedication
For Hannibal and his master
Epigraph
Four great gates has the city of Damascus. . . .
Postern of Fate, the Desert Gate, Disaster’s Cavern, Fort of Fear. . . .
Pass not beneath, O Caravan, or pass not singing. Have you heard
That silence where the birds are dead, yet something pipeth like a bird?
from Gates of Damascus by James Elroy Flecker
Contents
       Title Page
       Dedication
       Epigraph
Book I
  1   Mainly Concerning Books
  2   The Black Arrow
  3   Visit to the Cemetery
  4   Lots of Parkinsons
  5   The White Elephant Sale
  6   Problems
  7   More Problems
  8   Mrs. Griffin
Book II
  1   A Long Time Ago
  2   Introduction to Mathilde, Truelove and KK
  3   Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
  4   Expedition on Truelove; Oxford and Cambridge
  5   Methods of Research
  6   Mr. Robinson
Book III
  1   Mary Jordan
  2   Research by Tuppence
  3   Tommy and Tuppence Compare Notes
  4   Possibility of Surgery on Mathilde
  5   Interview with Colonel Pikeaway
  6   Postern of Fate
  7   The Inquest
  8   Reminiscences about an Uncle
  9   Junior Brigade
10   Attack on Tuppence
11   Hannibal Takes Action
12   Oxford, Cambridge and Lohengrin
13   Visit from Miss Mullins
14   Garden Campaign
15   Hannibal Sees Active Service with Mr. Crispin
16   The Birds Fly South
17   Last Words: Dinner with Mr. Robinson
       About the Author
       The Agatha Christie Collection
       Related Products
       Copyright
       About the Publisher
BOOK I
One
MAINLY CONCERNING BOOKS
“Books!” said Tuppence.
She produced the word rather with the effect of a bad-tempered explosion.
“What did you say?” said Tommy.
Tuppence looked across the room at him.
“I said ‘books,’ ” she said.
“I see what you mean,” said Thomas Beresford.
In front of Tuppence were three large packing cases. From each of them various books had been extracted. The larger part of them were still filled with books.
“It’s incredible,” said Tuppence.
“You mean the room they take up?”
“Yes.”
“Are you trying to put them all on the shelves?”
“I don’t know what I’m trying to do,” said Tuppence. “That’s the awkward part of it. One doesn’t know ever, exactly, what one wants to do. Oh dear,” she sighed.
“Really,” said her husband, “I should have thought that that was not at all characteristic of you. The trouble with you has always been that you knew much too well what you do want to do.”
“What I mean is,” said Tuppence, “that here we are, gettin ............

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