Read "The Great God Gold" by William Le Queux online for free on Textopian. Full text with search, annotations, highlights, and AI-powered reading aids.
In the study at Pembridge Gardens, the silence only broken by the solemn ticking of the little Sheraton clock, Professor Griffin's calm, even voice was slowly dictating to Gwen the translation from the Hebrew of the cipher record into English.
The girl, as her father's amanuensis, had long ago become quite an expert with the typewriter, and in order to make a clear copy she had seated herself at the machine, her slim, white fingers deftly touching the keys.