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BY
MAURICE LEBLANC

Author of "Arsene Lupin," "The Blonde Lady," "The Hollow Needle," Etc.

Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos

W. R. CALDWELL & CO.
NEW YORK

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY MAURICE LEBLANC

THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.


TRANSLATOR'S NOTE

A zealous reader, collating the translation of this book with the original, would hit upon certain differences. These are due to alterations made, in most case, by the author himself, and, in all cases, with his full approval.

A. T. de M.

Chelsea, England, August, 1910.


CONTENTS

CONTENTS
Translator's Note[v]
I.The Tragedy at the Palace Hotel[3]
II.The Blue-edged Label[31]
III.M. Lenormand Opens his Campaign[55]
IV.Prince Sernine at Work[75]
V.M. Lenormand at Work[114]
VI.M. Lenormand Succumbs[137]
VII.Parbury-Ribeira-Altenheim[162]
VIII.The Olive-green Frock-coat[192]
IX."Santé Palace"[219]
X.Lupin's Great Scheme[254]
XI.Charlemagne[272]
XII.The Emperor's Letters[291]
XIII.The Seven Scoundrels[324]
XIV.The Man in Black[352]
XV.The Map of Europe[379]
XVI.Arsène Lupin's Three Murders[405]
Epilogue.The Suicide[434]