Mr. Billingham, the Marquis and Madelon

Mr. Billingham, the Marquis and Madelon is a collection of suspense stories by Edward Phillips Oppenheim. Oppenheim was an English novelist, primarily known for his suspense fiction. Excerpt: «Mr. Billingham's attention, however, had wandered. He was watching the approach of an obvious compatriot—a man the very antithesis of himself, but with equally distinct transatlantic attributes; a small man with a sallow face and little hair, teeth stopped plentifully with gold, a wizened expression about the mouth, a short-sighted squint, neat clothes and square-toed shoes. Mr. Billingham welcomed him as a long-lost brother.»