“In White Raiment,” etc.

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED

LONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO

1913

CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
IIn which Job Seal Borrows a Fusee[7]
IIWhat We Saw and What We Heard[16]
IIIThe Mysterious Man[24]
IVIn Which I Examine the Parchments[32]
VWith a Story to Tell[39]
VIAn Expert Opinion[46]
VIIWhat was Written in the Vellum Book[56]
VIIIThe Seven Dead Men[65]
IXOne Point is Made Clear[71]
XThe Guardian of the Secret[79]
XIForestalled[88]
XIIJob Seal Makes a Proposal[96]
XIIIA Call, and its Consequence[105]
XIVRequires Explanation[114]
XVReveals Something of Importance[122]
XVIMrs. Graham’s Visitor[132]
XVIIThe Seller of the Secret[139]
XVIIIThe Silent Man’s Warning[147]
XIXThe Lady from Bayswater[154]
XXPhilip Reilly Tells a Strange Story[161]
XXIWe Make a Discovery in the Manor House[171]
XXIIBlack Bennett[180]
XXIIIJob Seal Relates His Adventures[188]
XXIVThe Mystery of Margaret Knutton[195]
XXVReveals the Death-Trap[204]
XXVIIn which Ben Knutton Grows Confidential[211]
XXVIIDorothy Drummond Prefers Secrecy[220]
XXVIIIWe Receive Midnight Visitors[228]
XXIXDorothy Makes a Confession[237]
XXXThe Silent Man’s Story[245]
XXXIThe House at Kilburn[253]
XXXIIWhat We Discovered at the Record Office[261]
XXXIIIWe Decipher the Parchment[270]
XXXIVOur Search at Tickencote and its Results[278]
XXXVThe Spy, and What He Told Us[286]
XXXVI“Nine Points of the Law”[295]
XXXVIIContains the Conclusion[299]

CHAPTER I
IN WHICH JOB SEAL BORROWS A FUSEE

If you are fond of a mystery I believe you will ponder over this curious narrative just as I have pondered.