CONTENTS
PART I
| I. | [Overheard] | 3 |
| II. | [Miching Mallecho] | 11 |
| III. | [A Use for Spinsters] | 17 |
| IV. | [A Bit Mental] | 27 |
| V. | [Gossip] | 35 |
| VI. | [Found Dead] | 44 |
| VII. | [Ham and Brandy] | 59 |
| VIII. | [Concerning Crime] | 68 |
| IX. | [The Will] | 77 |
PART II
| X. | [The Will Again] | 85 |
| XI. | [Cross-Roads] | 99 |
| XII. | [A Tale of Two Spinsters] | 114 |
| XII. | [Hallelujah] | 123 |
| XIV. | [Sharp Quillets of the Law] | 130 |
| XV. | [Temptation of St. Peter] | 141 |
| XVI. | [A Cast-Iron Alibi] | 150 |
| XVII. | [The Country Lawyer’s Story] | 156 |
| XVIII. | [The London Lawyer’s Story] | 165 |
PART III
| XIX. | [Gone Away] | 179 |
| XX. | [Murder] | 193 |
| XXI. | [By What Means?] | 201 |
| XXII. | [A Case of Conscience] | 213 |
| XXIII. | [—and Smote Him, Thus] | 227 |
Part I
THE MEDICAL PROBLEM
“But how I caught it, found it, came by it,
What stuff ’tis made of, whereof it is born,