Chapter 11: The Court Pawnbroker

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠‘Mr Sampson Levi wishes to see you, sir.’

These words, spoken by a servant to Theodore Racksole, aroused the millionaire from a reverie which had been the reverse of pleasant. The fact was, and it is necessary to insist on it, that Mr Racksole, owner of the Grand Babylon Hôtel, was by no means in a state of self-satisfaction. A mystery had attached itself to his hotel, and with all his acumen and k