The Lost Mr. Linthwaite
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. BY WORD OF MOUTH 3 II. THE ONLY CLUE 6 III. THE WHITE FACE 9 IV. THE HAT AND UMBRELLA 13 V. WHO WAS MRS. BYFIELD? 17 VI. THE LILAC PRINT GOWN 20 VII. GAFFKIN 24 VIII. SIR MESHAM 26 IX. THE VICAR OF ST. FRIDOLIN 30 X. YOUNG MR. FANHAWE 32 XI. A SIDE-TRACK SUGGESTION 36 XII. THE FAMILY SOLICITOR 39 XIII. THE POSTER AND THE TELEGRAM 43 XIV. THE HOLOGRAPH MESSAGE 46 XV. THE VEILED WOMAN 50 XVI. WHO WAS HE? 53 XVII. SUNDAY MORNING 57 XVIII. RECEIPTS AND PEDIGREES 59 XIX. LEGALITIES 63 XX. THE FEMININE INSTINCT 67 XXI. UNEXPECTED 70 XXII. WHAT HAD MRS. BYFIELD TOLD? 74 XXIII. WARNING 77 XXIV. THE BANK-NOTES 80 XXV. THE BANK CONFIRMS 84 XXVI. THE GREEN PURSE 87 XXVII. THE CRY ACROSS THE WATER 90 XXVIII. MAROONED 94 XXIX. WITHOUT EXPLANATION 97 XXX. THE MIDNIGHT DISCOVERY 101 XXXI. THE ABSCONDER 104 XXXII. BLUE SPECTACLES 108 XXXIII. THE SUGGESTED SECRET 111 XXXIV. THE STROKE DIRECT 114 XXXV. THE UNWISHED-FOR PAST 118 XXXVI. THE STOLEN MARCH 121 XXXVII. THE UNEXPECTED WINDFALL 125
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