[BOOK I]
THE WOMAN IN PURPLE
[I]WHERE IS BELA?
[II]WAS HE LIVING—WAS HE DEAD?
[III]BELA THE REDOUBTABLE
[IV]"AND WHERE WAS I WHEN ALL THIS HAPPENED?"
[V]"SHE WORE PURPLE"
[VI]ACROSS THE BRIDGE
[VII]WITH HER VEIL DOWN
[VIII]WITH HER VEIL LIFTED
[IX]EXCERPTS
[X]THE SHADOW
[XI]"I WILL THINK ABOUT IT"
[XII]SOUNDS IN THE NIGHT
[BOOK II]
THE HOUSE AND THE ROOM
[XIII]A BIT OF STEEL
[XIV]ALL IS CLEAR
[XV]THE PICTURE
[XVI]"DON'T! DON'T!"
[XVII]UNWELCOME TRUTHS
[XXVIII]REFLECTIONS
[XIX]ALANSON BLACK
[XX]WHAT HAD MADE THE CHANGE?
[XXI]IN THE COURT ROOM
[XXII]BEFORE THE GATES
[XXIII]THE MISFORTUNES OF MY HOUSE
[XXIV]ONE SECRET LESS
[XXV]"WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIM NOW?"
[XXVI]THE TELEGRAM
[BOOK III]
THE DOOR OF MYSTERY
[XXVII]HE MUST BE FOUND
[XXVIII]THE FIRST EFFORT
[XXIX]"THERE IS BUT ONE THING TO DO"
[XXX]TEMPEST LODGE
[XXXI]ESCAPE
[XXXII]THE VIGIL
[XXXIII]THE CURTAIN LIFTED
[XXXIV]DARK HOLLOW
[XXXV]SUNSET

ILLUSTRATIONS

[On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him]

[After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps]

[Silence! Not even Heaven spoke]

["Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request]

BOOK I
THE WOMAN IN PURPLE

I
WHERE IS BELA?

A high and narrow gate of carefully joined boards, standing ajar in a fence of the same construction! What is there in this to rouse a whole neighbourhood and collect before it a group of eager, anxious, hesitating people?

I will tell you.