CONTENTS

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I. LADY RAWSON[1]
II. “MURDER MOST FOUL!”[8]
III. THE TAXICAB[16]
IV. A BELATED BRIDEGROOM[21]
V. RETURNED![34]
VI. “NO. 5339”[45]
VII. THE CIGARETTE CASE[54]
VIII. AT CACCIOLA’S[64]
IX. BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM[79]
X. GRACE LEARNS THE NEWS[88]
XI. HALCYON DAYS[98]
XII. ALONE[109]
XIII. AUSTIN’S THEORY[121]
XIV. THE GIRL AT THE GRAVE[128]
XV. AUSTIN’S SILENCE[138]
XVI. MADDELENA[150]
XVII. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM[161]
XVIII. HARMONY—AND DISCORD[174]
XIX. DARK HOURS[188]
XX. AN OLD ROMANCE[197]
XXI. THE CHINESE ROOM[208]
XXII. A PEACEMAKER[220]
XXIII. WHAT GIULIA SAW[231]
XXIV. THE SHADOW OF DOOM[244]
XXV. THE LAST HOPE[252]
XXVI. THE NINTH HOUR[262]
XXVII. INTO THE LIGHT[275]

THE ’PHONE BOOTH MYSTERY