CONTENTS.

BOOK I.--[THE CRIME.]

CHAPTER I.

[THE OPEN DOOR.]

CHAPTER II.

[THE MAN WITH THE SILK HANDKERCHIEF.]

CHAPTER III.

[THE NAME ON THE SCRAP OF PAPER.]

CHAPTER IV.

[BLACKMAIL.]

CHAPTER V.

[THE FACE IN THE DARKNESS.]

CHAPTER VI.

[A CONFESSION.]

CHAPTER VII.

[A VISITOR.]

CHAPTER VIII.

[MORE THAN HIS MATCH.]

CHAPTER IX.

[FOR THE SECOND TIME.]

BOOK II.--[THE CLUB.]

CHAPTER X.

[THE HONOUR OF THE CLUB.]

CHAPTER XI.

[WHAT MR. TENNANT HAD WRITTEN.]

CHAPTER XII.

[SIR HASELTON JARDINE.]

CHAPTER XIII.

[AN AFTERNOON CALL.]

CHAPTER XIV.

[SELLING BOOMJOPFS.]

CHAPTER XV.

[THE CLUB.]

CHAPTER XVI.

[DRAWING THE LOT.]

CHAPTER XVII.

[A LITTLE GAME.]

CHAPTER XVIII.

[DAMON AND PYTHIAS: A MODERN INSTANCE.]

CHAPTER XIX.

[THE PROMISE.]

CHAPTER XX.

[THE NEWS FROM TOWN.]

BOOK III.--[THE WOMAN.]

CHAPTER XXI.

[THE ADVENTURES OF A NIGHT.]

CHAPTER XXII.

[LOUISE O'DONNEL'S FATHER.]

CHAPTER XXIII.

[MR. TOWNSEND COMES TO TEA.]

CHAPTER XXIV.

[WHAT MRS. CARRUTH SAW.]

CHAPTER XXV.

[MR. TOWNSEND'S DOUBLE.]

CHAPTER XXVI.

[ANNOUNCED!]

CHAPTER XXVII.

[MR. TOWNSEND IS MADE TO UNDERSTAND.]

CHAPTER XXVIII.

[THE PRISONER COMES INTO COURT.]

CHAPTER XXIX.

[THE TRIAL BEGINS.]

CHAPTER XXX.

[MR. TAUNTON'S EVIDENCE.]

CHAPTER XXXI.

[THE CASE FOR THE CROWN CONCLUDES.]

CHAPTER XXXII.

[MRS. CARRUTH REMOVES HER VEIL.]

BOOK IV.--[THE CRIMINAL.]

CHAPTER XXXIII.

[MR. TENNANT SPEAKS.]

CHAPTER XXXIV.

[MR. HOLMAN AT HOME.]

CHAPTER XXXV.

[THE WOMAN OF THE PORTRAIT.]

CHAPTER XXXVI.

[THE VARIOUS MOODS OF A GENTLEMAN OF FASHION.]

CHAPTER XXXVII.

["CALL ME DORA."]

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

[ON THE THRESHOLD.]

CHAPTER XXXIX.

[THE LAST MEETING OF THE CLUB.]

CHAPTER XL.

[MR. TOWNSEND REACHES HOME.]

CHAPTER XLI.

[TAKING LEAVE.]

CHAPTER XLII.

[HAND IN HAND.]