CONTENTS

PART IPage
1.Riceyman Steps[1]
2.The Customer[4]
3.The Bookseller at Home[9]
4.Elsie[14]
5.The Gift[21]
6.Mrs. Arb's Case[26]
7.Under an Umbrella[30]
8.The Carving-knife[33]
9.Sunday Morning[39]
10.Riceyman Square[43]
11.Elsie's Home[48]
12.The Benefactress[54]
13.The Passion[58]
14.A Man's Private Life[67]
PART II
1.The Day Before[77]
2.Elsie's Retreat[86]
3.Waxworks[90]
4.Vacuum[99]
5.The Priestess[103]
6.The Next Day[114]
PART III
1.Early Morning[123]
2.After Breakfast[127]
3.International[135]
4.Afternoon[140]
5.Tea[146]
6.Evening[155]
PART IV
1.At the Window[169]
2.Elsie's Motive[176]
3.Charity[182]
4.No Verdict[191]
5.Midnight[197]
6.Henry's Plot[201]
7.The Night-call[205]
8.On the Landing[213]
9.Violet's Victory[221]
10.Departure[227]
PART V
1.The Promise[235]
2.The Refusal[240]
3.The Message of Violet[244]
4.Out of The Rain[253]
5.The Two Patients[260]
6.The Second Refusal[264]
7.Malaria[270]
8.A Climax[274]
9.The Kiss[290]
10.The Safe[295]
11.Prison[300]
12.Asleep[304]
13.Disappearance of T. T.'s[308]