Contents [Chapter I CROWNED HEADS MEET] [Chapter II ARTHUR DORWARD’S “SCOOP”] [Chapter III “OURS IS A STRANGE COURTSHIP”] [Chapter IV THE NIGHT TRAIN FROM VIENNA] [Chapter V “VON BEHRLING HAS THE PACKET”] [Chapter VI VON BEHRLING IS TEMPTED] [Chapter VII “WE PLAY FOR GREAT STAKES”] [Chapter VIII THE HAND OF MISFORTUNE] [Chapter IX ROBBING THE DEAD] [Chapter X BELLAMY IS OUTWITTED] [Chapter XI VON BEHRLING’S FATE] [Chapter XII BARON DE STREUSS’ PROPOSAL] [Chapter XIII STEPHEN LAVERICK’S CONSCIENCE] [Chapter XIV ARTHUR MORRISON’S COLLAPSE] [Chapter XV LAVERICK’S PARTNER FLEES] [Chapter XVI THE WAITER AT THE "BLACK POST"] [Chapter XVII THE PRICE OF SILENCE] [Chapter XVIII THE LONELY CHORUS GIRL] [Chapter XIX MYSTERIOUS INQUIRIES] [Chapter XX LAVERICK IS CROSS EXAMINED] [Chapter XXI MADEMOISELLE IDIALE’S VISIT] [Chapter XXII ACTIVITY OF AUSTRIAN SPIES] [Chapter XXIII LAVERICK AT THE OPERA] [Chapter XXIV A SUPPER PARTY AT LUIGI’S] [Chapter XXV JIM SHEPHERD’S SCARE] [Chapter XXVI THE DOCUMENT DISCOVERED] [Chapter XXVII PENETRATING A MYSTERY] [Chapter XXVIII LAVERICK’S NARROW ESCAPE] [Chapter XXIX LASSEN’S TREACHERY DISCOVERED] [Chapter XXX THE CONTEST FOR THE PAPERS] [Chapter XXXI MISS LENEVEU’S MESSAGE] [Chapter XXXII MORRISON IS DESPERATE] [Chapter XXXIII LAVERICK’S ARREST] [Chapter XXXIV MORRISON’S DISCLOSURE] [Chapter XXXV BELLAMY’S SUCCESS] [Chapter XXXVI LAVERICK ACQUITTED] [Chapter XXXVII THE PLOT TEAT FAILED] [Chapter XXXVIII A FAREWELL APPEARANCE]