Raffles the Amatuer Cracksman and the Brisbane Plot
The narrator recounts Raffles and his ally planning an inside theft of a famed Velasquez copy from Craggs at the Metropole. Raffles edges toward betrayal, while Bunny infiltrates the scene, seizing a map case and the copy, only to learn the target was a fake. Debenham reveals the real plot, and Bunny and Raffles vow to quit after one final con.
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Sir Bernard
Crages
Raffles
Addenbrooke
Pdda
England
Damme
Cafe Royal
Vennett Addenbrooke
Hin
Paher
Sir Bernard 1
Mount Street
Bunny
Craggs
Metropole
Evher
Broom Hall
Cragg
Ananias
Australia
Infanta Maria Teresa
Ilso
Brisbane
Ilia
Rafftel
Esher
Debenham
Jove
Queensland
Mr. Raffles
Johnson
Waterloo
Inverness
Surbiton
Raffies
Bernard Debenham
The Gift of the Emperor and Raffles on the Capri Voyage
In a clipped diary voice, Bunny and A J Raffles reunite over vanished funds and a shared past. A telegram sparks a Mediterranean plan to Capri aboard a German liner with a mysterious Miss Werner aboard. Bunny discovers Raffles hides plans and a deeper game as the voyage begins and tensions rise.
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St. Moritz
Cannes
Cairo
A. J
Mediterranean
England
Waterloo
Lloyd Special
Southampton
Uhlan
Naples
Capri
Italy
Bay of
Raffles
Bremen
A. J. Raffles
Bunny
Werner
Dlod
Miss Werner
Dresden
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Raitles
J. M. Craggs
Cragges
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Jay
Rattles
Charles Scribner's Sons
Daily Chronicle
Island
Pall Mall
Flinders
Thames Ditton
Hampton Court
Jtufles
Thames Valley
Raines
Charles Freshwater
Pittsburg