The Case of Mr. Loftus Deacon by Arthur Morrison

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This was a case that helped to give Dorrington much of that reputation / which unfortunately too often enabled him to profit himself far beyond / the extent to which his clients intended. It occurred some few years / back, and there was such a stir at the time over the mysterious death / of Mr. Loftus Deacon that it well paid Dorrington to use his utmost / diligence in an honest effort to uncover the mystery. It gave him / one of his best advertisements, though indeed it occasioned him less / trouble in the unravelling than many a less interesting case. There / were scarcely any memoranda of the affair among Dorrington's papers, / beyond entries of fees paid, and I have almost entirely relied upon / the account given me by Mr. Stone, manager in the employ of the firm / owning the premises in which Mr. Deacon died.