The Hand of Fu Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu Manchu the Devil Doctor

I had closed the window to exclude the yellow mist, but subconsciously I was aware of its encircling presence, walling me in, and now I found myself in such a silence as I had known in deserts but could scarce have deemed possible in fog-bound London. A quick footstep approached the door, and there came a muffled rapping upon the panel. "If I am to believe what the Chief has told me today," he said, "strange things are ahead of us."