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CONTENTS

I.

A Mysterious Visitor ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1

II.

The Horror of the Hansom ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

9

III.

Discussing the Crime ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

15

IV.

Under a Cloud ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

24

V.

On the Telephone ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

28

VI.

One Thousand Pounds' Reward ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

36

VII.

The Colonel's Daughter ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

42

VIII.

The Baroness Intervenes ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

50

IX.

A Box at the Alhambra ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

57

X.

Outcast ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

64

XI.

False Sentiment ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

71

XII.

Tidings From the Cape ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

79

XIII.

Searching the Chambers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

86

XIV.

The Dead Man's Brother ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

92

XV.

The Lawyer's Suggestion ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

100

XVI.

A Dinner in the Strand ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

108

XVII.

A Confession of Love ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

117

XVIII.

An Amateur Detective ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

124

XIX.

Desperate Wooing ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

129

XX.

Stabbed through the Heart ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

136