The Hand Of Fu-Manchu - Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Hand Of Fu-Manchu, by Sax RohmerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil DoctorAuthor: Sax RohmerRelease Date: March 10, 2006 [eBook #17959]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HAND OF FU-MANCHU***E-text prepared by Lisa MillerTHE HAND OF FU-MANCHUBeing a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil DoctorbySAX ROHMERTHE HAND OF FU MANCHUCHAPTER ITHE TRAVELER FROM TIBET"Who's there?" I called sharply.I turned and looked across the room. The window had been widely opened when I entered, and a faint fog haze hung inthe apartment, seeming to veil the light of the shaded lamp. I watched the closed door intently, expecting every moment tosee the knob turn. But nothing happened."Who's there?" I cried again, and, crossing the room, I threw open the door.The long corridor without, lighted only by one inhospitable lamp at a remote end, showed choked and yellowed with thissame fog so characteristic of London in November. But nothing moved to right nor left of me. The New Louvre Hotel wasin some respects yet incomplete, and the long passage in which I stood, despite its marble facings, had no air of ...