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Crime · Mystery · 1922

The Crimson Circle

진홍의 원

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A secret society known as the Crimson Circle blackmails wealthy people by threatening death if they do not pay. Scotland Yard and a criminologist set out to find the identity of its leader.

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“It is a ponderable fact that had not the 29th of a certain September been the anniversary of Monsieur Victor Pallion’s birth, there would have been no Crimson Circle mystery; a dozen men, now dead, would in all probability be alive, and Thalia Drummond would…” The Crimson Circle · Edgar Wallace

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It was an hour when most respectable citizens were preparing for bed, and the upper windows of the big, old-fashioned houses in the square showed patches of light, against which the outlines of the leafless trees, bending and swaying under the urge of the gale, were silhouetted.

그 시간은 대부분의 존경받는 시민들이 잠자리에 들 준비를 하는 시간이었고, 광장에 있는 크고 오래된 집들의 위층 창문에는 빛줄기가 새어 들어왔으며, 그 빛줄기를 배경으로 잎 없는 나무들의 윤곽이 강풍에 휘어지고 흔들리는 모습이 실루엣처럼 드러났습니다.

A cold wind was sweeping up the river, and its outriders penetrated icily into the remotest and most sheltered places.

차가운 바람이 강을 거슬러 올라와 그 선두에 선 기병들은 가장 외지고 안전한 곳까지 얼음처럼 차갑게 파고들었다.

The man who paced slowly by the high iron railings shivered, though he was warmly clad, for the unknown had chosen a rendezvous which seemed exposed to the full blast of the storm.

높은 철제 난간 옆을 천천히 서성이던 남자는 따뜻하게 옷을 입었음에도 불구하고 몸을 떨었다. 왜냐하면 그 정체불명의 존재가 폭풍의 직격탄을 맞을 듯한 장소를 만남 장소로 택했기 때문이다.

The débris of the dead autumn whirled in fantastic circles about his feet, the twigs and leaves came rattling down from the trees which threw their long gaunt arms above him, and he looked enviously at the cheerful glow in the windows of a house where, did he but knock, he would be received as a welcome guest.

죽은 가을의 잔해들이 그의 발 주위에서 기묘한 원을 그리며 휘몰아쳤고, 그의 위로 길고 앙상한 가지를 뻗은 나무에서 나뭇가지와 잎사귀들이 덜그럭거리며 떨어졌으며, 그는 문만 두드리면 환영받는 손님으로 맞아들여질 집 창문의 밝은 불빛을 부러워하며 바라보았다.

The hour of eleven boomed out from a nearby clock, and the last stroke was reverberating when a car came swiftly and noiselessly into the square and halted abreast of him.

열한 시를 알리는 소리가 근처 시계에서 크게 울려 퍼졌고, 마지막 종소리가 울려 퍼지는 순간, 한 수레가 소리 없이 빠르게 광장으로 들어와 그의 옆에 멈춰 섰습니다.

The two head-lamps burned dimly.

두 개의 헤드램프가 희미하게 타올랐다.

Within the closed body there was no spark of light.

닫힌 몸 안에는 빛이 전혀 없었습니다.

After a moment’s hesitation the waiting man stepped to the car, opened the door, and got in.

기다리던 사람은 잠시 망설이다가 차로 다가가 문을 열고 차에 탔다.

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Book details

Title
The Crimson Circle (진홍의 원)
Author
Edgar Wallace
First published
1922
Genre
Crime, Mystery
Original language
English
Translations in app
21 languages
Price
Free

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