Cobb, Thomas: The Silver Bag. v1. 2 Jun 2016
 

Thomas Cobb: Born : 1854 Jun 8 Marylebone, London, England: Died : 1932 Jan 15

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VALENTINE looked surprised to hear that his friend Derrick Chalmers had not waited to surrender the flat in accordance with his promise, but the hall porter explained, as soon as he had taken the suit-case and kit-bag out of the taxi-cab and handed over the latchkey, that a letter had been left on the sitting-room mantelshelf.