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CONTENTS

  • I I TAKE A COUNTRY HOUSE . . . . . . 1
  • II A LINK CUFF-BUTTON . . . . . . . . . 13
  • III MR. JOHN BAILEY APPEARS . . . . . . 25
  • IV WHERE IS HALSEY . . . . . . . . . . 33
  • V GERTRUDE'S ENGAGEMENT . . . . . . . 42
  • VI IN THE EAST CORRIDOR . . . . . . . . 52
  • VII A SPRAINED ANKLE . . . . . . . . . . 62
  • VIII THE OTHER HALF OF THE LINK . . . . . 73
  • IX JUST LIKE A GIRL.. . . . . . . . . . 88
  • X THE TRADERS BANK . . . . . . . . . . 100
  • XI HALSEY MAKES A CAPTURE . . . . . . . 111
  • XII ONE MYSTERY FOR ANOTHER . . . . . . 118
  • XIII LOUISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
  • XIV AN EGG-NOG AND A TELEGRAM. . . . . . 148
  • XV LIDDY GIVES THE ALARM . . . . . . . 157
  • VI IN THE EARLY MORNING . . . . . . . . 166
  • XVII A HINT OF SCANDAL . . . . . . . . . 174
  • XVIII A HOLE IN THE WALL . . . . . . . . . 186
  • XIX CONCERNING THOMAS . . . . . . . . . 195
  • XX DOCTOR WALKER'S WARNING . . . . . . 203
  • XXI FOURTEEN ELM STREET . . . . . . . . 213
  • XXII A LADDER OUT OF PLACE. . . . . . . . 228
  • XXIII WHILE THE STABLES BURNED . . . . . . 235
  • XXIV FLINDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
  • XXV A VISIT FROM LOUISE . . . . . . . . 255
  • XXVI HALSEY'S DISAPPEARANCE . . . . . . . 268
  • XXVII WHO IS NINA CARRINGTON? . . . . . . 281
  • XXVIII A TRAMP AND THE TOOTHACHE . . . . . 289
  • XXIX A SCRAP OF PAPER . . . . . . . . . . 300
  • XXX WHEN CHURCHYARDS YAWN . . . . . . . 311
  • XXXI BETWEEN TWO FIREPLACES . . . . . . . 319
  • XXXII ANNE WATSON'S STORY . . . . . . . . 326
  • XXXIII AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS . . . . . 335
  • XXXIV THE ODDS AND ENDS . . . . . . . . . 352