Tales of Adventure
Début of Bimbashi Joyce
The Surgeon of Gaster Fell
Borrowed Scenes
The Man from Archangel
The Great Brown-Pericord Motor
The Sealed Room
Tales of Medical Life
A Physiologist's Wife
Behind The Times
His First Operation
The Third Generation
The Curse of Eve
A Medical Document
The Surgeon Talks
The Doctors of Hoyland
Crabbe's Practice
"I understand, Captain Joyce," said the General, "that you have allowed a very important prisoner to slip through your fingers."
"I am sorry, sir."
"No doubt. But that will not mend matters. Did you ascertain anything about him before you lost him?"
"No, sir."
"How was that?"
"I could get nothing out of him, sir."
"Did you try?"
"Yes, sir; I did what I could."
"What did you do?"
"Well, sir, I threatened to use physical force."
"What did he say?"
"He said nothing."
"What was he like?"
"A tall man, sir. Rather a desperate character, I should think."
"Any way by which we could identify him?"
"A long black beard, sir. Grey eyes. And a nervous way of twitching his face."
"Well, Captain Joyce," said the General, in his stern, inflexible voice, "I cannot congratulate you upon your first exploit in the Egyptian army. You are aware that every English officer in this force is a picked man. I have the whole
