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BOOK I. THE PROBLEM
BOOK II. HENRY CLAVERING
BOOK III. HANNAH
BOOK IV. THE PROBLEM SOLVED
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| "I did not go, but stood watching the firelight flicker
on her
black dress." . . . . . Frontispiece |
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| "What was my astonishment to come upon Miss Eleanore
Leavenworth standing at the side of her uncle's bed, with his pistol in her hand." |
48 |
| "Pausing only long enough on the threshold to compose
myself for the interview, I lifted my hand to knock." |
50 |
| "Her whole appearance was so startling, so extraordinary,
that I held my breath in surprise." |
52 |
| "She . . . was fumbling with the waist of her dress in
a way
to convince me she had something concealed there which she was anxious to dispose of." |
88 |
| "He pushed me upwards. 'Go back!' he whispered, 'Go
back!' " |
164 |
| "I could not prevent a feeling of sickly apprehension
from seizing me as I turned towards the silent figure stretched so near." |
276 |
| "I crawled up on to the ledge of the slanting roof last
night . . . and . . . saw her moving round the room." |
280 |
| "At the sight of his face, the man in our arms quivered,
shrieked, and gave one bound that would have over- turned Mr. Clavering . . . had not Mr. Gryce interposed." |
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