Chapter 25: The Steam Launch

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​⁠MR TOM JACKSON’s notion of making good his escape from the hotel by means of a steam launch was an excellent one, so far as it went, but Theodore Racksole, for his part, did not consider that it went quite far enough.

Theodore Racksole opined, with peculiar glee, that he now had a tangible and definite clue for the catching of the Grand Babylon’s ex-waiter. He knew nothing of the Port of London, bu