Cupidity: Third Time Unlucky by Laurence W. Meynell (1935)

Chris Jansen is a harassed young man. His landlady is asking for her rent to be paid. His fabrication that he is about to inherit money is unravelling. His boss, Arthur Stevens, according to him, does not appreciate his talents. And Julian Bayleck, a moneylender he had borrowed money from is threatening him with dire …