The Great God Gold
The remarkable secret revealed in the following pages is not purely fiction.
The discovery, much in the form that I have here presented it, has actually been made, and its discoverer, a well-known professor at one of the Universities in the North of Europe, recently placed the extraordinary statement in my hands.
In consequence, I consulted a number of the first living authorities on the subject, who most courteously gave me their opinions and to whom I owe much assistance, while several other Hebrew scholars, less noted, evinced the greatest curiosity.
Therefore I trust that the reader himself may find this hitherto unheard-of statement of facts of equal importance and interest.
William Le Queux.
Devonshire Club, London, 1910.
“My name? Why—what does that matter, Doctor? In an hour—perhaps before—I won’t trouble anybody further.”
“But surely it is your duty, my friend, to let me know your name?” argued the other. “Even if it be in confidence.”
The dying man slowly shook his head in the negative, moved uneasily, and stretching forth his thin trembling hand, answered in indifferent French.
“I regret that I cannot satisfy your curiosity. I have a reason—a—a strong private reason. Here is my key,” he went on, speaking very slowly and with great difficulty in a weak voice scarce above a whisper. “Open my bag, doctor, and;—and you’ll find there a—a big envelope. Will you give it to me?”
William Le Queux
William Le Queux
"The Great God Gold"
Preface.
An Explanation.
Chapter One.
Introduces the Stranger.
Chapter Two.
Describes the Doctor’s Doings.
Chapter Three.
Shows One of the Fragments.
Chapter Four.
Concerns a Consultation.
Chapter Five.
Spreads the Net.
Chapter Six.
Gives Expert Opinion.
Chapter Seven.
In which the Professor Exhibits Cunning.
Chapter Eight.
Presents another Curious Problem.
Chapter Nine.
Concerns “The Other Man.”
Chapter Ten.
Fact or Fiction.
Chapter Eleven.
The Great God Gold.
Chapter Twelve.
Describes an Important Discovery.
Chapter Thirteen.
Shows a Face in the Night.
Chapter Fourteen.
In which Owen Becomes Anxious.
Chapter Fifteen.
Reveals the Rivals.
Chapter Sixteen.
Owen Learns the Truth.
Chapter Seventeen.
Contains an Expert Theory.
Chapter Eighteen.
Shows the Enemy’s Tactics.
Chapter Nineteen.
Is about the Doctor.
Chapter Twenty.
The Inquisitor.
Chapter Twenty One.
The Falling of the Shadow.
Chapter Twenty Two.
Increases the Mystery.
Chapter Twenty Three.
His Ugliness at Pembridge Gardens.
Chapter Twenty Four.
A Page in Piccadilly.
Chapter Twenty Five.
The Girl and the Man.
Chapter Twenty Six.
In which a Desperate Game is Played.
Chapter Twenty Seven.
Explains Frank’s Attitude.
Chapter Twenty Eight.
Describes certain Curious Events.
Chapter Twenty Nine.
Which Solves a Problem.
Chapter Thirty.
Closed Doors.
Chapter Thirty One.
Exposes the Conspiracy.
Chapter Thirty Two.
Reveals the Cipher Record.
Chapter Thirty Three.
In the Night.
Chapter Thirty Four.
“Silence for Silence!”
Chapter Thirty Five.
Shows Further Complications.
Chapter Thirty Six.
The Victim of Shame.
Chapter Thirty Seven.
Reveals a Woman’s Face.
Chapter Thirty Eight.
Contains a Surprise.
Chapter Thirty Nine.
Is the Conclusion.
