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The Human Sphinx John Crane and Old Friends Arrive
On a splendid Westcote Saturday the wealthy yet quiet John Crane, nicknamed the Human Sphinx, awaits visitors at his grand square house. Simon Judd, a long-lost Riverbank friend, arrives with a heavy yellow suitcase while Dart, a sharp observer, lingers with Cannon-like caution as Norbert tends the spread and the tubercular coughs outside.
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John Drane
Amy
Robert Carter
William Dart
Simon Judd
Blessington
Dick Brennan
Drane
Long Island
Westcote
Crane
John Crane
Wall Street
Broadway
Sphinx
Jon Crane
Johnnie Drane
Skinny Drane
Rascal
Skinny Crane
Simon
Riverbank
Black
Dart
John
Kansas City