The Silent House

by Fergus Hume

Table of Contents

		Page
[I]—The Tenant of the Silent House		1
[II]—Shadows on the Blind		10
[III]—An Unsatisfactory Explanation		20
[IV]—Mrs. Kebby's Discovery		29
[V]—The Talk of the Town		38
[VI]—Mrs. Vrain's Story		47
[VII]—The Assurance Money		56
[VIII]—Diana Vrain		65
[IX]—A Marriage That Was a Failure		74
[X]—The Parti-Coloured Ribbon		83
[XI]—Further Discoveries		93
[XII]—The Veil and Its Owner		101
[XIII]—Gossip		111
[XIV]—The House in Jersey Street		121
[XV]—Rhoda and the Cloak		131
[XVI]—Mrs. Vrain at Bay		141
[XVII]—A Denial		151
[XVIII]—Who Bought the Cloak?		160
[XIX]—The Defence of Count Ferruci		169
[XX]—A New Development		179
[XXI]—Two Months Pass		187
[XXII]—At Berwin Manor		196
[XXIII]—A Startling Theory		206
[XXIV]—Lucian Is Surprised		215
[XXV]—A Dark Plot		224
[XXVI]—The Other Man's Wife		233
[XXVII]—A Confession		241
[XXVIII]—The Name of the Assassin		252
[XXIX]—Link Sets a Trap		262
[XXX]—Who Fell into the Trap		272
[XXXI]—A Strange Confession		282
[XXXII]—The Confession (continued)		291
[XXXIII]—What Rhoda Had to Say		301
[XXXIV]—The End of It All		310

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