CONTENTS

BOOK I.
THE PROBLEM
PAGE
I.“A GREAT CASE”[1]
II.THE CORONER’S INQUEST[11]
III.FACTS AND DEDUCTIONS[17]
IV.A CLUE[36]
V.EXPERT TESTIMONY[43]
VI.SIDE-LIGHTS[51]
VII.MARY LEAVENWORTH[57]
VIII.CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE[65]
IX.A DISCOVERY[80]
X.MR. GRYCE RECEIVES NEW IMPETUS[90]
XI.THE SUMMONS[101]
XII.ELEANORE[108]
XIII.THE_PROBLEM[115]
BOOK II.
HENRY CLAVERING
XIV.MR. GRYCE AT HOME[123]
XV.WAYS OPENING[136]
XVI.THE WILL OF A MILLIONAIRE[146]
XVII.THE BEGINNING OF GREAT SURPRISES[151]
XVIII.ON THE STAIRS[162]
XIX.IN MY OFFICE[170]
XX.“TRUEMAN! TRUEMAN! TRUEMAN!”[177]
XXI.A PREJUDICE[183]
XXII.PATCH-WORK[191]
XXIII.THE STORY OF A CHARMING WOMAN[210]
XXIV.A REPORT FOLLOWED BY SMOKE[220]
XXV.TIMOTHY COOK[230]
XXVI.MR. GRYCE EXPLAINS HIMSELF[239]
BOOK III.
HANNAH
XXVII.AMY BELDEN[251]
XXVIII.A WEIRD EXPERIENCE[258]
XXIX.THE MISSING WITNESS[272]
XXX.BURNED PAPER[278]
XXXI.Q[285]
XXXII.MRS. BELDEN’S NARRATIVE[296]
XXXIII.UNEXPECTED TESTIMONY[325]
BOOK IV.
THE PROBLEM SOLVED
XXXIV.MR. GRYCE RESUMES CONTROL[332]
XXXV.FINE WORK[351]
XXXVI.GATHERED THREADS[364]
XXXVII.CULMINATION[373]
XXXVIII.A FULL CONFESSION[384]
XXXIX.THE OUTCOME OF A GREAT CRIME[405]