COPYRIGHT, 1923. BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC.

Published September. 1923

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CONTENTS

I [Two Wanderers Return]
II [The Butler's Pantry]
III [Grey Dawn]
IV [Markenmore Hollow]
V [Denounced]
VI [The Coroner Sits]
VII [Mrs. Braxfield Supports]
VIII [The Incriminating Letter]
IX [The Midnight Meeting]
X [The Ring and the Pipe]
XI [First Steps]
XII [The Dower House]
XIII [William Pegge]
XIV [Gone]
XV [Was It Robbery?]
XVI [Family Matters]
XVII [Too Late]
XVIII [Deep Lane]
XIX [Under Pressure]
XX [Village Gossip]
XXI [Arrest]
XXII [Mrs. Braxfield's Move]
XXIII [The Professorial Theory]
XXIV [The Man Who Could Guess]
XXV [The Devil's Grip]

CHAPTER I