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THE UNDER-SECRETARY. Third Edition.

THE GAMBLERS. Second Edition.

OF ROYAL BLOOD. Third Edition.


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.INTRODUCES AMBLER JEVONS[9]
II.“A VERY UGLY SECRET”[15]
III.THE COURTENAYS[20]
IV.A NIGHT CALL[27]
V.DISCLOSES A MYSTERY[33]
VI.IN WHICH I MAKE A DISCOVERY[43]
VII.THE MAN SHORT AND HIS STORY[54]
VIII.AMBLER JEVONS IS INQUISITIVE[65]
IX.SHADOWS[76]
X.WHICH PUZZLES THE DOCTORS[87]
XI.CONCERNS MY PRIVATE AFFAIRS[98]
XII.I RECEIVE A VISITOR[109]
XIII.MY LOVE[119]
XIV.IS DISTINCTLY CURIOUS[128]
XV.I AM CALLED FOR CONSULTATION[139]
XVI.REVEALS AN ASTOUNDING FACT[150]
XVII.DISCUSSES SEVERAL MATTERS[162]
XVIII.WORDS OF THE DEAD[173]
XIX.JEVONS GROWS MYSTERIOUS[183]
XX.MY NEW PATIENT[194]
XXI.WOMAN’S WILES[203]
XXII.A MESSAGE[215]
XXIII.THE MYSTERY OF MARY[226]
XXIV.ETHELWYNN IS SILENT[236]
XXV.FORMS A BEWILDERING ENIGMA[249]
XXVI.AMBLER JEVONS IS BUSY[256]
XXVII.MR. LANE’S ROMANCE[274]
XXVIII.“POOR MRS. COURTENAY!”[281]
XXIX.THE POLICE ARE AT FAULT[290]
XXX.SIR BERNARD’S DECISION[298]
XXXI.CONTAINS THE PLAIN TRUTH[306]