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I slipped the pendant into Lady Lydbrook’s soft hand as she stood in déshabille at the half-opened door of her bedroom.


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
IPrivate and Personal[1]
IIRoom Number 88[16]
IIIThe Man with the Hump[30]
IVThe Four False Fingers[43]
VConcerns Mr. Blumenfeld[59]
VIAt Three-Eighteen a.m.[73]
VIILittle Lady Lydbrook[87]
VIIIThe Cat’s Tooth[99]
IXLola is Again Suspicious[113]
XThe Painted Envelope[127]
XIThe Gentleman from Rome[140]
XIIThe Silver Spider[151]
XIIIAbdul Hamid’s Jewels[170]
XIVThe Vengeance of Tai-K’an[186]
XVOther People’s Money[201]
XVIThe Man who was Shy[215]
XVIIThe Sign of Ninety-nine[232]

THE GOLDEN FACE