Unmasked and helpless, she maintained an attitude of challenge and defiance


THE WOMAN OF
MYSTERY

BY
MAURICE LEBLANC

AUTHOR OF "CONFESSIONS OF ARSÈNE LUPIN," "THE TEETH OF THE TIGER," ETC.

NEW YORK
THE MACAULAY COMPANY

Copyright, 1916.
By THE MACAULAY COMPANY


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.The Murder[9]
II.The Locked Room[23]
III.The Call to Arms[39]
IV.A Letter from Élisabeth[59]
V.The Peasant-Woman at Corvigny[77]
VI.What Paul Saw at Ornequin[94]
VII.H. E. R. M.[108]
VIII.Élisabeth's Diary[126]
IX.A Sprig of Empire[141]
X.75 or 155?[156]
XI."Ysery, Misery"[156]
XII.Major Hermann[182]
XIII.The Ferryman's House[198]
XIV.A Masterpiece of Kultur[220]
XV.Prince Conrad Makes Merry[236]
XVI.The Impossible Struggle[258]
XVII.The Law of the Conqueror[277]
XVIII.Hill 132[292]
XIX.Hohenzollern[310]
XX.The Death Penalty—and a Capital Punishment[330]