| 词条 | The Return Match |
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| name = The Return Match | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:The_Return_Match_01.jpg | caption = 1898 Collier's illustration by E. V. Nadherny | author = E. W. Hornung | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = A. J. Raffles | genre = Crime fiction | publisher = Cassell & Co | release_date = October 1898 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (Magazine) | pages = | oclc = | preceded_by = Nine Points of the Law | followed_by = The Gift of the Emperor }} "The Return Match" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published in October 1898 by Cassell's Magazine.[1] The story was also included as the seventh story in the collection The Amateur Cracksman, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1899.[2] PlotRaffles brings Bunny to his Albany rooms. Raffles says the famous thief whom Raffles outsmarted during the affair of Lady Melrose's necklace, named Crawshay, was imprisoned at Dartmoor but escaped yesterday. Raffles suspects that Crawshay is coming after him, to seek revenge against Raffles. Suddenly, Crawshay enters the room. {{Quote box|width = 30em |border = 1px |align = right |bgcolor = #c6dbf7 |fontsize = 85% |title_bg = |title_fnt = |title = |quote = "We must take on this job; we aren't in a position to refuse it; even if we were, I should take it on! Our friend is a great sportsman; he has got clear away from Dartmoor; it would be a thousand pities to let him go back." |salign = right |source = — Raffles, to Bunny[3] }} Crawshay smoothly tells Raffles that Raffles must find a way to get Crawshay out of the country. Raffles acknowledges to Bunny that Crawshay is blackmailing them, but is genuinely excited to help the daring prison escapee get away. Raffles and Bunny leave, as Crawshay falls asleep. In the courtyard, they pass Inspector Mackenzie of Scotland Yard. Despite Bunny's reservations, Raffles greets the inspector. They briefly discuss Crawshay. The inspector continues into the Albany, and Raffles and Bunny follow him. Upon questioning by Raffles, a porter explains that police have come because a man of Crawshay's description was seen in the Albany earlier. Raffles leads Bunny into the set of rooms where several officers are investigating, Mackenzie among them. Mackenzie accepts Raffles's offer to help the police; Raffles is even glad to leave the key to his room with the police, amazing Bunny. Raffles departs, ostensibly to dinner, while Bunny remains with Mackenzie. Bunny observes Raffles's departure through the window. While Bunny and Mackenzie are in the attic, a rope is found hanging over Raffles's window. This causes Mackenzie to begin searching Raffles's rooms. Inside, they find Raffles himself, lying on the floor on his back, and wounded by a poker in the forehead. The Raffles who departed was actually Crawshay in disguise. Bunny is tearful. Later, Raffles reveals to Bunny that he intentionally struck himself. The day has been a success: they have won some credit with Mackenzie, and are even with Crawshay. AdaptationsBBC Radio adapted part of the story into the second half of the fifth episode of its Raffles radio drama, "Wilful Murder or the Return Match", which first aired on 17 November 1985.[4] The drama features Jeremy Clyde as Raffles and Michael Cochrane as Bunny. The first part of the episode is based on the events of "Wilful Murder", which then leads into the plot of "The Return Match." The episode follows much of the original plot, with some differences:
References
1. ^Rowland, page 283. 2. ^Rowland, page 280. 3. ^Hornung, page 223. 4. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.old-time.com/otrlogs2/raf_fp.log.txt |title= Raffles |last= |first= |author=Frank M. Passage |date= 20 May 2004 |website= Old-Time Radio |publisher= |access-date= 8 October 2017 |quote= }}
| author = Hornung, E. W. | year = 1899 | title = The Amateur Cracksman | location = New York | publisher = Charles Scribner's Sons | pages = | isbn = }}
| author = Rowland, Peter | year = 1999 | title = Raffles and His Creator | location = London | publisher = Nekta Publications | pages = | isbn = 0-9533583-2-1 }} External links
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