The Winding Stair

by A. E. W. Mason

BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

THE WINDING STAIR.

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PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER		PAGE
I	Flags and Pedigree	[9]
II	The Man with the Medals	[23]
III	At King’s Corner	[31]
IV	Betwixt and Between	[44]
V	The Villa Iris	[49]
VI	The Order	[62]
VII	The Pilgrimage	[74]
VIII	Henriette Explains	[85]
IX	Marguerite Lambert	[98]
X	Colonel Vanderfelt’s Letter	[114]
XI	A Dilemma	[119]
XII	The Little Door in the Angle	[136]
XIII	The Companions of the Night	[143]
XIV	The Tunic	[160]
XV	On the Roof Top	[173]
XVI	Marguerite’s Way Out	[185]
XVII	The Outcasts	[196]
XVIII	Captain Laguessière’s Report	[212]
XIX	In the Sacred City	[227]
XX	The Coup de Grâce	[239]
XXI	Two Outcasts	[248]
XXII	The Splendid Throw	[261]
XXIII	The Necessary Man	[272]

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THE WINDING STAIR

CHAPTER I

Flags and Pedigree