(John Gerardus Fagg, D.D.)THIS BOOK ISAFFECTIONATELYDEDICATEDCONTENTSI[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!"]