| CONTENTS | ||
| Translator's Note | [v] | |
| I. | The Tragedy at the Palace Hotel | [3] |
| II. | The Blue-edged Label | [31] |
| III. | M. Lenormand Opens his Campaign | [55] |
| IV. | Prince Sernine at Work | [75] |
| V. | M. Lenormand at Work | [114] |
| VI. | M. Lenormand Succumbs | [137] |
| VII. | Parbury-Ribeira-Altenheim | [162] |
| VIII. | The Olive-green Frock-coat | [192] |
| IX. | "Santé Palace" | [219] |
| X. | Lupin's Great Scheme | [254] |
| XI. | Charlemagne | [272] |
| XII. | The Emperor's Letters | [291] |
| XIII. | The Seven Scoundrels | [324] |
| XIV. | The Man in Black | [352] |
| XV. | The Map of Europe | [379] |
| XVI. | Arsène Lupin's Three Murders | [405] |
| Epilogue. | The Suicide | [434] |
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CHAPTER I
THE TRAGEDY AT THE PALACE HOTEL
Mr. Kesselbach stopped short on the threshold of the sitting-room, took his secretary's arm and, in an anxious voice, whispered:
"Chapman, some one has been here again."
"Surely not, sir," protested the secretary. "You have just opened the hall-door yourself; and the key never left your pocket while we were lunching in the restaurant."
"Chapman, some one has been here again," Mr. Kesselbach repeated. He pointed to a traveling-bag on the mantelpiece. "Look, I can prove it. That bag was shut. It is now open."
Chapman protested.