A Thief in the Night

Bunny Manders confesses his troubles over dinner; Raffles listens kindly, then asks about the window-fastenings of a rich man’s house. Bunny knows exactly what that question means—and swears he won’t go along.

In E. W. Hornung’s 1905 collection, late-Victorian London is a playground of grand houses, hidden safes and gentlemen who know how to look respectable. Bunny, once more in debt and heartsick over a woman he believes he must give up, turns to his brilliant, audacious friend for counsel. Raffles offers sympathy, a cigar—and a plan to visit a house Bunny knows well, now occupied by new owners with diamonds to protect. Bunny’s scruples are already wavering; but this time Raffles says he has no use for him. What is Raffles planning, and can Bunny stay away?

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