Power shift in underworld talks as Lanyard faces Wertheimer
Wertheimer asserts control over the International Underworld as he and Lanyard negotiate a covert alliance. Wertheimer offers a clear field, while hinting at blackmail and future proceeds, prompting Lanyard to threaten leaving the room as the door slams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wertheimer
Bannon
Roddy
Lanyard
Lucy Shannon
de Morbihan
Papinot
America
Greggs
Popinot
International Underworld
Cafe de la Paix
London
Paris
Poplnot
Antwerp
Troyon
Rue Chaptal
Lone Wolf flee Paris as assassination attempt ends in crash
Lanyard evades a deadly ambush by De Morbihan and his Apache pursuers after a high speed chase through Paris. He crashes the rival car, uses a falling cushion as a weapon, and vanishes into the Bois de Boulogne while seeking Mme Omber’s mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Muette
Mme. Omber
Paris
Lanyard
Lone Wolf
Pont Mirabeau
Rue de Grenelle
Rue Des Acacias
Seine
Pont Des Invalides
Quai de la Conference
de Morbihan
Belleville
Papinot
Welf
Rue Jean Goujon
Avenue d’Antin
France
Avenue d'Antin
Death
Porte Dauphine
Bois de Boulogne
Sergents de Ville
Bois
Omber House
Lantern Lanyard Returns to Omber House After Midnight Break In
Lanyard, haunted by his past and mistrustful of allies Wertheimer and Bannon, scales the Omber place walls. He breaches the library via a window, fights inner demons, and nears the safe, when a careless footstep interrupts the tense moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanyard
Wertheimer
Bannon
Lucy Shannon
Omber
Meeting by the Safe Awakens Lanyard’s Dread
In a moonlit library a masked intruder approaches the safe as Lucy Shannon enters. Lanyard recognizes her from a raging memory and fights suffocating shock while a lamp is moved to aid the plotting. The scene ends as danger tightens its grip on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanyard
Lucy Shannon
Greggs
Troyon’s
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Louis Joseph Vance
the Madeleine
Montmartre
Auteuil Quarter
Safe
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