The Incendiary

A St. Bernard races through the crowd, barking as if he carries a message, while flames engulf Professor Arnold’s house. “Mr. Robert was in the study,” cries Bertha—but when Patrolman Chandler rushes inside, no one is there.

On Cazenove Street, a house fire becomes a neighborhood catastrophe: engines clatter in, explosions shake the air, and flames spread to the buildings nearby. Robert Floyd was in the study moments before the blaze, and his unexplained absence soon gives the disaster a darker edge. As the firemen battle the inferno and the crowd watches in terror, questions gather around the young man—and around what really happened inside Professor Arnold’s home. Was Robert caught in the flames, or is there more to his disappearance?

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