The Cheyne mystery

Chapter 22: Transcriber’s Note

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The novel follows Maxwell Cheyne, a returned naval officer and amateur yachtsman whose quiet Devon life is disrupted by a puzzling encounter in a Plymouth hotel. A stranger's business proposition leads to theft, secret documents, and a trail of clues—ranging from a clay-marked shoe to torn hotel accounts—that unravel into a layered criminal case. The narrative alternates measured descriptions of character and setting with procedural detection as local police and a determined investigator assemble forensic evidence, trace movements by sea and land, and piece together motives and betrayals until the mystery's resolution.

Transcriber’s Note

This transcription follows the text of the Penguin Books edition published in 1978. The following alterations have been made to correct what are believed to be unambiguous printer’s errors.

Five erroneous quotation marks have been repaired.
“desparate” has been changed to “desperate” (Ch. II).
“wondered it he” has been changed to “wondered if he” (Ch. II).
“Chayne” has been changed to “Cheyne” (Chs. IX and X).
“Walting Street” has been changed to “Watling Street” (Ch. X).
“noncommital” has been changed to “noncommittal” (Ch. XIV).
“pessmist” has been changed to “pessimist” (Ch. XV).
“Sargeant” has been changed to “Sergeant” (Ch. XVI).
“similiar” has been changed to “similar” (Ch. XVII).