LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
["You won't improve his chances by keeping anything back."]
[I saw a bedizened beauty go mad before my eyes.]
[A handsome, sinister creature, in a brown flowing wig and raiment as fine as any on the walls.]
[Trying to tug the fierce moustache out of his mild face.]
[A heavy blackthorn held in murderous poise.]
[His thin arms locked round the neck of the young nurse.]
[Delavoye fired over my head.]