(John Gerardus Fagg, D.D.)

THIS BOOK IS

AFFECTIONATELY

DEDICATED


CONTENTS

I[Marcia's Secret]
II[The Face Behind the Shutter]
III[The Gate Opens]
IV[The Backward Glance]
V[The Handkerchief in the Window]
VI[Cecily Reveals Herself]
VII[Surprises All Around]
VIII[At the End of the String]
IX[For the Sake of Cecily]
X[The Filigree Bracelet]
XI[The Lifted Veil]
XII[Miss Benedict Speaks]
XIII[Via Wireless]
XIV[The Writing on the Bracelets]
XV[Puzzling it Out]
XVI[One Mystery Explained]
XVII[Major Goodrich Assists]
XVIII[The Major has a Further Inspiration]
XIX[The Unexpected]
XX[Aunt Minerva Takes Command]
XXI[Six Months Later]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Marcia turned to stare out of the window at the house opposite]
[Cecily Marlowe passed them by without a look]
[They heard Cecily's light footsteps]
["I'm going to ask Miss Benedict if we can't open these shutters," cried Janet, suddenly]
[In the sudden light of the open door she stood revealed]
["Words on two bracelets are identical," replied Lee Ching, precisely]
["Child, I suppose you wonder very much at this queer life I lead"]
["Sydney must have come in again; I hear him practising!"]