RAFFLES : THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN
Sometimes the greatest of partnerships are born in the direst of moments. For Bunny Manders and A. J. Raffles, such a moment comes when a bad night at the baccarat tables threatens to end in suicide. Hundreds of pounds in the red, Bunny grows so desperate that he asks Raffles, a former classmate who captained their public school's cricket team, for help. When Raffles hesitates, Bunny pulls a gun out of his coat pocket and puts it to his head. I never dreamt you had such stuff in you, Bunny!, says Raffles, a gleam in his eye. A few hours later, he and his old school chum break into a jeweller's shop and steal thousands of pounds' worth of diamonds and gemstones. Disaster averted, adventures begun.