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"The Girl from Scotland Yard" by Edgar Wallace is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. It centers on a poised young investigator, Leslie Maughan, who probes a tangle of high-society secrets involving Lady Raytham, her bullying confidante Princess Anita Bellini, and a newly freed ex-convict, Peter Dawlish. A menacing butler, a suspicious cash withdrawal, and a murder tied to an emerald necklace pull police and aristocrats into the same web. The opening of the novel shows Lady Raytham on edge as friends visit and talk turns to Peter Dawlish, recently released after a notorious forgery case. Leslie Maughan arrives from Scotland Yard to question Lady Raytham about a large, sudden withdrawal, rattling her further. That night Leslie encounters Peter on the Embankment, challenges his self-pity, and helps him toward a fresh start; he is soon assaulted by three small, silent attackers but survives and finds shabby lodgings. Meanwhile Druze, the butler, behaves erratically; late
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