CONTENTS

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[I.]In which Certain Suspicions are Excited[9]
[II.]The Coming of a Stranger[21]
[III.]Introduces Doctor Weirmarsh[32]
[IV.]Reveals Temptation[47]
[V.]In which Enid Orlebar is Puzzled[56]
[VI.]Beneath the Elastic Band[66]
[VII.]Concerning the Velvet Hand[78]
[VIII.]Paul Le Pontois[88]
[IX.]The Little Old Frenchwoman[97]
[X.]If Anyone Knew[107]
[XI.]Concerns the Past[114]
[XII.]Reveals a Curious Problem[125]
[XIII.]The Mysterious Mr. Maltwood[134]
[XIV.]What Confession would Mean[145]
[XV.]Three Gentlemen from Paris[157]
[XVI.]The Orders of His Excellency[168]
[XVII.]Walter Gives Warning[177]
[XVIII.]The Accusers[187]
[XIX.]In which a Truth is Hidden[199]
[XX.]In which a Truth is Told[207]
[XXI.]The Widened Breach[217]
[XXII.]Concerning the Bellairs Affair[227]
[XXIII.]The Silence of the Man Barker[234]
[XXIV.]What the Dead Man Left[245]
[XXV.]At the Café de Paris[255]
[XXVI.]Which is "Private and Confidential"[265]
[XXVII.]The Result of Investigation[274]
[XXVIII.]The Secret of the Lonely House[285]
[XXIX.]Contains Some Startling Statements[292]
[XXX.]Reveals a Woman's Love[303]
[XXXI.]In which Sir Hugh Tells his Story[310]
[XXXII.]Conclusion[321]

THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICO

Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime

CHAPTER I

IN WHICH CERTAIN SUSPICIONS ARE EXCITED

A grey, sunless morning on the Firth of Tay.