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  • Long known (but erroneously called) as "Cayley's Repulse."

    Journal of a tour of discovery across the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, in the year 1813 2002

  • But for the accident of Mr.. Cayley's anxiety over her spouse, no one might have ever heard of that walk and might have imagined Mr. Cayley to have remained securely encased in rugs like a mummy in his chair on the terrace.

    N or M Christie, Agatha 1941

  • It was Cayley's only chance of getting a start on Antony, of getting to the windows first, of working them open somehow before Antony caught him up.

    The Red House Mystery 1919

  • "Let's look at it from Cayley's point of view," said Antony.

    The Red House Mystery 1919

  • There was no light from beneath the door of Cayley's room.

    The Red House Mystery 1919

  • From this point his evidence coincided with Cayley's.

    The Red House Mystery 1919

  • After all it was only polite to return Cayley's own solicitude earlier in the night.

    The Red House Mystery 1919

  • The awkward thing from Cayley's point of view was that, though Mark was missing, neither he nor his body could ever be found.

    The Red House Mystery 1919

  • Cayley's qualities, as they appeared to Bill, may have been chiefly negative; but even if this merit lay in the fact that he never exposed whatever weaknesses he may have had, this is an excellent quality in a fellow-guest (or, if you like, fellow-host) in a house where one is continually visiting.

    The Red House Mystery 1919

  • Antony had got to the front of the house and was now lying in the shrubbery which bordered the lawn, waiting for the light to go up in Cayley's window.

    The Red House Mystery 1919

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