I heard him mutter in French: “The symbol! Then it is she!” Frontispiece. See p. [16]


CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I.The Mysterious Foreigner[1]
II.The Savage Club Dinner[9]
III.The Blood-stained Portrait[17]
IV.The River Steps[26]
V.The Mystery thickens[33]
VI.“Murder Most Foul”[41]
VII.A Red-haired Woman[48]
VIII.A Timely Warning[55]
IX.Not at Berlin[62]
X.Disquieting News[68]
XI.“La Mort ou la Vie!”[74]
XII.The Wrecked Train[82]
XIII.The Grand Duke Loris[89]
XIV.A Cry for Help[96]
XV.An Unpleasant Experience[103]
XVI.Under Surveillance[110]
XVII.The Droshky Driver[115]
XVIII.Through the Storm[122]
XIX.Night in the Forest[128]
XX.The Tribunal[133]
XXI.A Forlorn Hope[139]
XXII.The Prison House[145]
XXIII.Freeman Explains[152]
XXIV.Back To England[158]
XXV.Southbourne’s Suspicions[164]
XXVI.What Jim Cayley Knew[172]
XXVII.At the Police Court[179]
XXVIII.With Mary at Morwen[186]
XXIX.Light on the Past[192]
XXX.A Bygone Tragedy[198]
XXXI.Mishka Turns Up[204]
XXXII.Back To Russia Once More[211]
XXXIII.The Road To Zostrov[217]
XXXIV.The Old Jew[223]
XXXV.A Baffling Interview[229]
XXXVI.Still on the Road[235]
XXXVII.The Prisoner of Zostrov[241]
XXXVIII.The Game Begins[247]
XXXIX.The Flight From Zostrov[254]
XL.A Stricken Town[260]
XLI.Love Or Comradeship?[268]
XLII.The Deserted Hunting Lodge[274]
XLIII.The Woman From Siberia[281]
XLIV.At Vassilitzi’s[287]
XLV.The Campaign at Warsaw[294]
XLVI.The Beginning of the End[301]
XLVII.The Tragedy in the Square[308]
XLVIII.The Grand Duchess Passes[315]
XLIX.The End of an Act[322]
L.England Once More[329]
LI.The Real Anne[336]
LII.The Whole Truth[344]

ILLUSTRATIONS

I heard him mutter in French: “The symbol!Then it is she!”

[ Frontispiece]

The rooms were in great disorder, and had beensubjected to an exhaustive search

Page[51]

His stern face, seen in the light of the blazingwreckage, was ghastly

[87]

In that instant I had caught a glimpse of a whiteface

[102]

Then, in a flash, I knew him

[228]

“My God, how they hate me!” I heard Loris saysoftly

[259]
“I knew thou wouldst come,”[268]
Some one comes behind my chair[354]