The Amateur Cracksman
E. W. Hornung, Hornung / E. W. Hornung / 1stworld Library![The Amateur Cracksman](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/321/3218193/CHSBZCOP033218193.jpg)
It was half-past twelve when I returned to the Albany as a last desperate resort. The scene of my disaster was much as I had left it. The baccarat-counters still strewed the table, with the empty glasses and the loaded ash-trays. A window had been opened