CHATTO & WINDUS
1899
Copyright 1899
by
F. M. BUCKLES & COMPANY
On the Brink of a Chasm
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | Undone | [7] |
| II. | A Man’s Revenge | [17] |
| III. | “The King can do no Wrong” | [28] |
| IV. | A Post Obit | [36] |
| V. | “I have Misjudged Him” | [48] |
| VI. | The Kiss | [57] |
| VII. | The Cause of Death | [68] |
| VIII. | The Long Trunk | [77] |
| IX. | The Dead Restored | [88] |
| X. | “Diamond cut Diamond” | [95] |
| XI. | A Telegram | [108] |
| XII. | A Crafty Old Lady | [118] |
| XIII. | The Die Cast | [129] |
| XIV. | Black Mischief | [138] |
| XV. | Dick’s Secret | [150] |
| XVI. | The Wrong Medicine | [157] |
| XVII. | Mrs. Pelham | [170] |
| XVIII. | “Tarbot Will tell Me” | [184] |
| XIX. | “‘Scoundrel!’ He Said” | [190] |
| XX. | The Price of His Sin | [197] |
| XXI. | “Honor Bright” | [210] |
| XXII. | “Your Eyes are Big and Bright” | [220] |
| XXIII. | With the Doctors | [230] |
| XXIV. | The Little Woman in Black | [236] |
| XXV. | “There’s a Cruel Sin Somewhere” | [250] |
| XXVI. | Not in the Bargain | [258] |
| XXVII. | A Black Crime | [269] |
| XXVIII. | The “Pelham Arms” | [276] |
| XXIX. | Circumstantial Evidence | [289] |
| XXX. | The Bolt | [297] |
| XXXI. | Gone | [309] |
| XXXII. | Barbara hears Startling News | [319] |
| XXXIII. | A Moment of Triumph | [329] |
| XXXIV. | The Last Straw | [343] |
| XXXV. | Ace of Trumps | [350] |
| XXXVI. | Sir Piers | [358] |
ON THE BRINK OF A CHASM.