About the Story

Annabel Pellissier, for reasons of her own, allows Sir John Ferringhall to believe that she is her sister Anna. Anna lets the deception continue and has to bear the burden of her sister’s reputation which, in Paris at any rate, is that of being a coquette. Endless complications ensue when both sisters return to London.

This is one of the late E. Phillips Oppenheim’s most intriguing stories.


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
ITHE CARPET-KNIGHT AND THE LADY[7]
IITHE ADVENTURE OF ANNABEL[15]
IIIANNA? OR ANNABEL?[20]
IVTHE TEMPERAMENT OF AN ARTIST[26]
V“ALCIDE”[31]
VIA QUESTION OF IDENTIFICATION[36]
VIIMISS PELLISSIER’S SUSPICIONS[41]
VIII“WHITE’S”[45]
IXBRENDON’S LUCK[54]
XTHE TRAGEDY OF AN APPETITE[61]
XITHE PUZZLEMENT OF NIGEL ENNISON[66]
XIITHE POSTER OF “ALCIDE”[70]
XIII“HE WILL NOT FORGET!”[76]
XIV“THIS IS MY WIFE”[81]
XVA MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE[89]
XVITHE DISCOMFITURE OF SIR JOHN[96]
XVIITHE CHANGE IN “ALCIDE”[103]
XVIIIANNABEL AND “ALCIDE”[109]
XIX“THIS IS NOT THE END”[115]
XXANNA’S SURRENDER[121]
XXIHER SISTER’S SECRET[126]
XXIIAN OLD FOOL[134]
XXIIIMONTAGUE HILL SEES LIGHT AT LAST[138]
XXIVA CASE FOR THE POLICE[144]
XXVTHE STEEL EDGE OF THE TRUTH[150]
XXVIANNABEL IS WARNED[156]
XXVIIJOHN FERRINGHAM, GENTLEMAN[162]
XXVIIITHE HISSING OF “ALCIDE”[169]
XXIXMONTAGUE HILL PLAYS THE GAME[174]
XXXSIR JOHN’S NECKTIE[178]
XXXIANNA’S TEA PARTY[183]
XXXIISIX MONTHS AFTER[188]

ANNA THE ADVENTURESS

Chapter I