Peering into the early morning dark as his train neared its destination, Alleyn 
glimpsed a horrifying tableau. A lighted window masked by a spring blind. A woman 
falling against the blind and releasing it. Farther back in the room, a man in
 a flowing white garment, his face in shadow. Beyond his right shoulder, 
something that looked like a huge wheel. His right arm was raised. And in his
 hand… Abruptly, the weird scene was cut off as the train roared into a tunnel…
 And it was only later, in an ancient chateau, that Alleyn discovered the 
ghastly truth of what he had witnessed!
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