CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | —IS MAINLY MYSTERIOUS | [7] |
| II. | —CONCERNS A PRETTY STRANGER | [19] |
| III. | —DESCRIBES TWO INQUIRIES | [34] |
| IV. | —DESCRIBES A TORN CARD | [45] |
| V. | —SECRETS OF STATE | [56] |
| VI. | —THE SAFE BREAKERS | [67] |
| VII. | —THE DOWNWARD PATH | [78] |
| VIII. | —REVEALS THE GRIM TRUTH | [88] |
| IX. | —IN THE NIGHT | [99] |
| X. | —HONOUR AMONG THIEVES | [108] |
| XI. | —THE VOW | [119] |
| XII. | —THE FATE OF “THE AMERICAN” | [130] |
| XIII. | —SISTERS IN SILENCE | [139] |
| XIV. | —JEAN LEARNS THE TRUTH | [149] |
| XV. | —HIS LORDSHIP’S VISITOR | [159] |
| XVI. | —JEAN HAS A SURPRISE | [169] |
| XVII. | —THE DARKENING HORIZON | [178] |
| XVIII. | —LORD BRACONDALE’S CONFESSION | [188] |
| XIX. | —THE GARDEN OF LOVE | [197] |
| XX. | —CROOKED CONFIDENCES | [206] |
| XXI. | —THE GREEN TABLE | [215] |
| XXII. | —DISCLOSES A SCHEME | [224] |
| XXIII. | —THE FALLING SHADOW | [235] |
| XXIV. | —THE BLOW | [244] |
| XXV. | —TO PAY THE PRICE | [255] |
| XXVI. | —A CHILD’S QUESTION | [265] |
| XXVII. | —THE INTRUDER | [275] |
| XXVIII. | —THE CLOSED BOX | [284] |
| XXIX. | —DEADLY PERIL | [293] |
| XXX. | —THE WHITE LIE | [299] |
THE WHITE LIE
CHAPTER I.
IS MAINLY MYSTERIOUS.
“A woman—perhaps?”
“Who knows! Poor Dick Harborne was certainly a man of secrets, and of many adventures.”
“Well, it certainly is a most mysterious affair. You, my dear Barclay, appear to be the last person to have spoken to him.”