CONTENTS

I	[WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NIGHT]	3
II	[HERRICK FINDS A DOOR BOLTED]	7
III	[SOMETHING ELSE IS FOUND]	12
IV	[HERRICK IS SURE OF ONE THING]	14
V	[HERRICK READS A NEWSPAPER]	19
VI	[HERRICK IS ASKED A FAVOR]	25
VII	[HERRICK HAS A BUSIEST DAY]	36
VIII	[MRS. WILLING TELLS WHAT SHE KNOWS]	51
IX	[JOE PATRICK IS DETAINED]	58
X	[JOE PATRICK ARRIVES]	67
XI	[PERSONS UNKNOWN]	89
XII	[HERRICK RECEIVES A TELEPHONE MESSAGE]	96

I	[HERRICK PAYS A CALL, AND THE TEA IS SPILT]	103
II	[IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS ARM IS OUTSTRETCHED]	115
III	[HERRICK GUESSES AT THE MYSTERY AND GETS IN SOMETHING'S WAY]	124
IV	[THE MYSTERY PAUSES, AND OTHER THINGS GO FORWARD]	133
V	[HERRICK HEARS A BELL RING]	158
VI	[AND HOLDS A RECEPTION AFTER ALL]	166
VII	[MORNING IN THE PARK: THE SILENT OUTCRY]	170
VIII	[A GREAT OCCASION APPROACHES AND THE VILLAIN ENTERS]	177
IX	[PRESTO CHANGE: "OUT OF THE NIGHT THAT COVERS ME!"]	184
X	[MIDNIGHT IN THE PARK; "JE SUIS AUSSI SANS DÉSIR—"]	190
XI	[KEEPING CHRISTINA OUT OF IT]	201
XII	[AULD ACQUAINTANCE: WHAT CHRISTINA SAW]	206
XIII	[THE NIGHT OF NIGHTS: THE PRINCESS IN THE TRANSFORMATION SCENE]	215
XIV	[ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS]	219
XV	["WHEN STARS GROW COLD"]	222

I	[GLEAMS IN THE RAIN: WHEELER'S STORY]	231
II	[CORPSE CANDLES IN THE NIGHT: MRS. DEUTCH'S STORY]	242
III	[SEARCH-LIGHTS FLASHED IN THE EYES: KANE'S STORY]	254
IV	[A LIGHT ALONG THE ROAD: DENNY GIVES AN ADDRESS]	270
V	[THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LIGHT: WHERE CHRISTINA WAS]	283
VI	[THE YELLOW HOUSE AND WHAT THEY FOUND AT IT]	292
VII	[VANISHING LADY: THE SHADOW AT THE DANCE]	298
VIII	[JILL-IN-THE-BOX! THE LAST OF THE GRAY TOURING CAR]	305
IX	[A SIGN IN THE SKY]	314
X	["THE OLD EARL'S DAUGHTER": MRS. PASCOE ON FAMILY TIES]	324
XI	[THE ARM OF JUSTICE ON CLEANING DAY: AN OVERTURE TO A COMIC OPERA]	334
XII	[THE COMIC OPERA CHORUS: "AND SAID, 'WHAT A GOOD BOY AM I!'"]	343
XIII	["WILL YOU WALK INTO MY PARLOR?": A CRIMINAL PERFORMANCE]	356
XIV	[THE SICILIAN TRAITOR: "YOU THAT CHOOSE NOT BY THE VIEW"]	365
XV	[ONE WITNESS SPEAKS]	377
XVI	[THE LAST SHADOW: "LEAVE ALL THAT TIES THY FOOT BEHIND AND FOLLOW, FOLLOW ME!"]	380
XVII	[HERSELF]	385

I	[THE HOSTESS PREPARING]	389
II	[THE EXPECTED COMPANY]	399
III	[THE SHIPS AT ACTIUM]	401
IV	[TURN, FORTUNE, TURN THY WHEEL—]	423
V	[CARNAGE: A COMIC OPERA CLIMAX]	433
VI	[THE DARKEST HOUR: "OF WOUNDS AND SORE DEFEAT I MADE MY BATTLE STAY!"]	447
VII	[THE SHADOW'S FACE: BEING ALSO THE FULL STORY OF THE SHADOW'S FLIGHT]	459
VIII	[IN WHICH CHRISTINA HOPE DOES POSITIVELY REAPPEAR]	481