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THE BURROWERS BENEATH BY BRIAN LUMLEY

The Nethermost Caverns
(From the Files of Titus Crow)
Blowne House
Leonard's-Walk Heath
London
18th May 196-
Ref: - 53/196-G. K. Lapham & Co. Head Office, GKL Cuttings 117 Martin Hudd St
Nottingham, Notts.
Dear Mr Lapham,
Please alter my order as it stands to cover only the most outstanding cases,
on which your continued cooperation would be appreciated as ever. This action
not to be misconstrued as being all but a cancellation of my custom, on the
contrary, but for the time being I would rather you concentrate your efforts
on my behalf to full coverage of one special line. I require all cuttings, one
copy of each, from all forty-three dailies normally covered, of current
occurrences involving earthquakes, tremors, subsidences, and like phenomena
(and backdated to cover the last three years where at all possible), to
continue until further notice. Thank you for your prompt attention.
Yrs faithfully, T. Crow
Blowne House 19th May
Ref: - 55/196-
Edgar Harvey, Esq.
Harvey, Johnson & Harvey, Solicitors
164-7 Mylor Rd
Radcar, Yorks.
Dear Mr Harvey,
I am given to understand that you are the literary agent of Paul Wendy-Smith,
the young writer of tales of romantic and/or macabre fiction, and that
following his mysterious disappearance in 1933 you became executor to the
estate. I was only a very young man at that time, but I seem to remember that
because of certain special circumstances publication of the writer's last
story (showing, I believe, strange connections with the disappearance of both
the author and his uncle, the explorer-archaeologist Sir Amery Wendy-Smith)
was held in abeyance. My query is simply this: has the work since seen
publication, and if so where may I obtain a copy?
I am, sir, hopefully
expectant of an early
answer, Yrs sincerely,
T. Crow
Blowne House
Harvey, Johnson & Harvey Mylor Rd Radcar, Yorks. 22nd May
Dear Mr Crow, Regarding your inquiry (your reference 55/196- of 19th
May), you are correct, I was executor to the estate of Paul Wendy-Smith - and
yes, there was a tale held in abeyance for a number of years until the
Wendy-Smiths were both officially pronounced 'missing or dead' in 1937. The
story, despite being a very slight piece, has seen publication more recently
in an excellently presented and major macabre collection. I enclose proofs of
the story, and, should you require the book itself, the publisher's card.