Download or read book Hagar of the Pawn-Shop (Classic Reprint) written by Fergus Hume and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hagar of the Pawn-Shop This particular friend was a solicitor named Vark, who carried on a shady business, in a shady manner, for shady clients. His name - as he declared himself - proved him to be of Polish descent; but it was commonly reported in the neighborhood that Vark was made to rhyme with shark, as emblematic of the estimation in which he was held. He was hated only one degree less than Jacob, and the two, - connected pri marily as lawyer and client, -later on, had struck up a mistrustful friendship by reason of their mutual reputation and isolation. Neither one believed in the other each tried to swindle on his own account, and never succeeded yet the two met nightly and talked over their divers ras calities in the dingy parlor, with a confidence begotten by an intimate knowledge of each other's character. The reputations of both were so bad that the one did not dare to betray the other. Only on this basis is honor possible among thieves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.