THE SILENT HOUSE

BY

FERGUS HUME

New York
C. H. DOSCHER

Copyright, 1907, by
C. H. DOSCHER

Table of Contents

Page
[I]—The Tenant of the Silent House1
[II]—Shadows on the Blind10
[III]—An Unsatisfactory Explanation20
[IV]—Mrs. Kebby's Discovery29
[V]—The Talk of the Town38
[VI]—Mrs. Vrain's Story47
[VII]—The Assurance Money56
[VIII]—Diana Vrain65
[IX]—A Marriage That Was a Failure74
[X]—The Parti-Coloured Ribbon83
[XI]—Further Discoveries93
[XII]—The Veil and Its Owner101
[XIII]—Gossip111
[XIV]—The House in Jersey Street121
[XV]—Rhoda and the Cloak131
[XVI]—Mrs. Vrain at Bay141
[XVII]—A Denial151
[XVIII]—Who Bought the Cloak?160
[XIX]—The Defence of Count Ferruci169
[XX]—A New Development179
[XXI]—Two Months Pass187
[XXII]—At Berwin Manor196
[XXIII]—A Startling Theory 206
[XXIV]—Lucian Is Surprised 215
[XXV]—A Dark Plot224
[XXVI]—The Other Man's Wife233
[XXVII]—A Confession 241
[XXVIII]—The Name of the Assassin252
[XXIX]—Link Sets a Trap262
[XXX]—Who Fell into the Trap272
[XXXI]—A Strange Confession282
[XXXII]—The Confession (continued) 291
[XXXIII]—What Rhoda Had to Say301
[XXXIV]—The End of It All310