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The events I'mabout to relate
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began a fortnight ago.
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In a grim old house
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perched high on a cliff
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on the west coastof Scotland.
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This singularstructure is known as
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Driercliff House.
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Gathered there for dinner
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were the seven members
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of a mostextraordinary club
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called the Good Comrades.
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Into this unique gathering
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came their melancholyhousekeeper,
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Mrs. Monteith
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bearing a message
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for Ralph King,
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a retired barrister.
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King received it casually.
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When they sawthe contents,
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the Good Comrades tookthe whole thing as a joke
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but theirhousekeeper was right,
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it was no laughing matter.
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For on thefollowing night...
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Ralph King died horribly
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but this was onlythe beginning.
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A few nights later
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as the GoodComrades gathered
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to drink a final toast
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to their departed member...
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