Contents

I[In which we Begin not to Understand]
II["In which Joseph Rouletabille Appears for the First Time]
III[“A Man Has Passed like a Shadow through the Blinds”]
IV[“In the Bosom of Wild Nature”]
V[In which Joseph Rouletabille Makes a Remark to Monsieur Robert Darzac which Produces its Little Effect]
VI[In the Heart of the Oak Grove]
VII[In which Rouletabille Sets out on an Expedition under the Bed]
VIII[The Examining Magistrate Questions Mademoiselle Stangerson]
IX[Reporter and Detective]
X[“We shall have to eat Red Meat—Now”]
XI[In which Frédéric Larsan Explains how the Murderer was Able to get out of The Yellow Room]
XII[Frédéric Larsan’s Cane]
XIII[“The Presbytery has Lost Nothing of its Charm, nor the Garden its Brightness”]
XIV[“I Expect the Assassin this Evening”]
XV[The Trap]
XVI[Strange Phenomenon of the Dissociation of Matter]
XVII[The Inexplicable Gallery]
XVIII[Rouletabille has Drawn a Circle between the Two Bumps on his Forehead]
XIX[Rouletabille Invites me to Breakfast at the Donjon Inn]
XX[An Act of Mademoiselle Stangerson]
XXI[On the Watch]
XXII[The Incredible Body]
XXIII[The Double Scent]
XXIV[Rouletabille Knows the Two Halves of the Murderer]
XXV[Rouletabille Goes on a Journey]
XXVI[In which Joseph Rouletabille is Awaited with Impatience]
XXVII[In which Joseph Rouletabille Appears in all his Glory]
XXVIII[In which it is Proved that one does not Always Think of Everything]
XXIX[The Mystery of Mademoiselle Stangerson]