CONTENTS

  1. [I SEE THE EYES]
  2. [THE SIGN OF THE CAT]
  3. [THE GREEN IMAGE]
  4. [ISOBEL]
  5. [THE INTERRUPTED SUPPER]
  6. [THE VOICE]
  7. [THE CAT OF BUBASTIS]
  8. [MY VISITOR]
  9. [THE VELVET CURTAIN]
  10. ["HANGING EVIDENCE"]
  11. [THE SCARED MAN]
  12. [I DREAM OF GREEN EYES]
  13. [DR. DAMAR GREEFE]
  14. [THE BLACK DOCTOR]
  15. [I RECEIVE VISITORS]
  16. [THE GOLDEN CAT]
  17. [THE NUBIAN MUTE]
  18. [THE SECRET OF FRIAR'S PARK]
  19. [THE MAN ON THE TOWER]
  20. [GATTON'S STORY]
  21. [IN LONDON AGAIN]
  22. [THE GRAY MIST]
  23. [THE INEVITABLE]
  24. [A CONFERENCE--INTERRUPTED]
  25. [STATEMENT OF DR. DAMAR GREEFE, M.D.]
  26. [STATAEMENT OF DR. DAMAR GREEFE (CONTINUED)]
  27. [STATEMENT OF DR. DAMAR GREEFE (CONCLUDED)]
  28. [THE CLAWS OF THE CAT]
  29. [AN AFTERWARD]

CHAPTER I
I SEE THE EYES

"Good evening, sir. A bit gusty?"

"Very much so, sergeant," I replied. "I think I will step into your hut for a moment and light my pipe if I may."

"Certainly, sir. Matches are too scarce nowadays to take risks with 'em. But it looks as if the storm had blown over."

"I'm not sorry," said I, entering the little hut like a sentry-box which stands at the entrance to this old village high street for accommodation of the officer on point duty at that spot. "I have a longish walk before me."

"Yes. Your place is right off the beat, isn't it?" mused my acquaintance, as sheltered from the keen wind I began to load my briar. "Very inconvenient I've always thought it for a gentleman who gets about as much as you do."