“The girl’s face shone like a piece of delicate statuary” (page [37]). [Frontispiece.
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | A SUPPER PARTY AT THE “MILAN” | [7] |
| II. | A DRAMA OF THE PAVEMENT | [13] |
| III. | THE WARNING OF FELIX | [22] |
| IV. | AT THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR’S | [30] |
| V. | THE DILEMMA OF WOLFENDEN | [39] |
| VI. | VI. A COMPACT OF THREE | [46] |
| VII. | WHO IS MR. SABIN? | [52] |
| VIII. | A MEETING IN BOND STREET | [61] |
| IX. | THE SHADOWS THAT GO BEFORE | [69] |
| X. | THE SECRETARY | [76] |
| XI. | THE FRUIT THAT IS OF GOLD | [83] |
| XII. | WOLFENDEN’S LUCK | [92] |
| XIII. | A GREAT WORK | [104] |
| XIV. | THE TEMPTING OF MR. BLATHERWICK | [111] |
| XV. | THE COMING AND GOING OF MR. FRANKLIN WILMOT | [118] |
| XVI. | GENIUS OR MADNESS? | [126] |
| XVII. | THE SCHEMING OF GIANTS | [132] |
| XVIII. | “HE HAS GONE TO THE EMPEROR!” | [141] |
| XIX. | WOLFENDEN’S LOVE-MAKING | [146] |
| XX. | FROM A DIM WORLD | [155] |
| XXI. | HARCUTT’S INSPIRATION | [167] |
| XXII. | FROM THE BEGINNING | [177] |
| XXIII. | MR. SABIN EXPLAINS | [186] |
| XXIV. | THE WAY OF THE WOMAN | [193] |
| XXV. | A HANDFUL OF ASHES | [199] |
| XXVI. | MR. BLATHERWICK AS ST. ANTHONY | [207] |
| XXVII. | BY CHANCE OR DESIGN | [213] |
| XXVIII. | A MIDNIGHT VISITOR | [220] |
| XXIX. | “IT WAS MR. SABIN” | [227] |
| XXX. | THE GATHERING OF THE WAR-STORM | [234] |
| XXXI. | “I MAKE NO PROMISE” | [242] |
| XXXII. | THE SECRET OF MR. SABIN’S NIECE | [253] |
| XXXIII. | MR. SABIN TRIUMPHS | [263] |
| XXXIV. | BLANCHE MERTON’S LITTLE PLOT | [269] |
| XXXV. | A LITTLE GAME OF CARDS | [276] |
| XXXVI. | THE MODERN RICHELIEU | [287] |
| XXXVII. | FOR A GREAT STAKE | [295] |
| XXXVIII. | THE MEN WHO SAVED ENGLAND | [304] |
| XXXIX. | THE HEART OF THE PRINCESS | [314] |
| XL. | THE WAY TO PAU | [319] |
| XLI. | MR. AND MRS. WATSON OF NEW YORK | [327] |
| XLII. | A WEAK CONSPIRATOR | [333] |
| XLIII. | THE COMING OF THE “KAISER WILHELM” | [341] |
| XLIV. | THE GERMANS ARE ANNOYED | [346] |
| XLV. | MR. SABIN IN DANGER | [353] |
| XLVI. | MR. WATSON IS ASTONISHED | [358] |
| XLVII. | A CHARMED LIFE | [363] |
| XLVIII. | THE DOOMSCHEN | [368] |
| XLIX. | MR. SABIN IS SENTIMENTAL | [374] |
| L. | A HARBOUR TRAGEDY | [378] |
| LI. | THE PERSISTENCE OF FELIX | [383] |
| LII. | MRS. JAMES B. PETERSON, OF LENOX | [388] |
MYSTERIOUS MR. SABIN
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