The Duke of York’s Steps

by

Henry Wade

New York

Payson & Clarke Ltd

Copyright, 1929, by Henry Wade

Contents

I[The Two Bankers]
II[At Queen Anne’s Gate]
III[The Victory Finance Company]
IV[The Expected Happens]
V[Sir Leward Marradine Takes Interest]
VI[Inspector John Poole]
VII[Significant Information]
VIII[Ryland Fratten]
IX[Silence]
X[The Inquest]
XI[The Intervention of Inez]
XII[“Breath of Eden”]
XIII[Eye-Witnesses]
XIV[Sir Garth’s Papers]
XV[“Eau D’Enfer”]
XVI[Reconstruction]
XVII[This Way and That]
XVIII[The Method]
XIX[The Ethiopian and General Development Company]
XX[The Rotunda Mine]
XXI[General Meets General]
XXII[Miss Saverel]
XXIII[The Hotel “Antwerp”]
XXIV[Alibi]
XXV[Justice]
XXVI[. . . May Be Blind]

CHAPTER I.
The Two Bankers

“A glass of the Dow for Mr. Hessel, please, Rogers, and I’ll have brown sherry.”