HUSHED UP!

A MYSTERY OF LONDON

BY

WILLIAM LE QUEUX

LONDON
EVELEIGH NASH
1911


CONTENTS

PROLOGUE PAGE
IIS MAINLY SCANDALOUS[7]
IICONCERNS TWO STRANGERS[18]
THE STORY OF OWEN BIDDULPH
CHAP.
IBESIDE STILL WATERS[35]
IITOLD IN THE NIGHT[46]
IIITHE CLERGYMAN FROM HAMPSHIRE[58]
IVTHE PERIL BEYOND[68]
VTHE DARK HOUSE IN BAYSWATER[79]
VIA GHASTLY TRUTH[89]
VIITHE FLAME OF THE CANDLE[99]
VIIIPRESENTS ANOTHER PROBLEM[107]
IXFACE TO FACE[117]
XCONTAINS A FURTHER SURPRISE[125]
XIWHAT THE POLICE KNEW[136]
XIITHE WORD OF A WOMAN[145]
XIIITHE DEATH KISS[156]
XIVOF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE[165]
XVFORBIDDEN LOVE[175]
XVITHE MAN IN GOLD PINCE-NEZ[185]
XVIITHE MAN IN THE STREET[196]
XVIIIPROOF POSITIVE[206]
XIXTHROUGH THE MISTS[215]
XXTHE STRANGER IN THE RUE DE RIVOLI[225]
XXIDESCRIBES AN UNWELCOME VISIT[234]
XXIIMORE MYSTERY[242]
XXIIIIN FULL CRY[253]
XXIVAN UNFORTUNATE SLIP[263]
XXVMORE STRANGE FACTS[272]
XXVI“SOME SENSATIONAL REVELATIONS”[281]
XXVIIA CONTRETEMPS[291]
XXVIIITHE FRENCHMAN MAKES A STATEMENT[298]
XXIXFURTHER REVELATIONS[307]
XXXCONCLUSION[313]