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CHAPTER I – A STRANGE CONSIGNMENT
CHAPTER II – INSPECTOR BURNLEY ON THE TRACK
CHAPTER III – THE WATCHER ON THE WALL
CHAPTER IV – A MIDNIGHT INTERVIEW
CHAPTER V – FELIX TELLS A STORY
CHAPTER VI – THE ART OF DETECTION
CHAPTER VII – THE CASK AT LAST
CHAPTER VIII – THE OPENING OF THE CASK
CHAPTER IX – M. LE CHEF DE LA SÛRETÉ
CHAPTER X – WHO WROTE THE LETTER?
CHAPTER XI – MM. DUPIERRE ET CIE
CHAPTER XII – AT THE GARE ST. LAZARE
CHAPTER XIII – THE OWNER OF THE DRESS
CHAPTER XIV – M. BOIRAC MAKES A STATEMENT
CHAPTER XV – THE HOUSE IN THE AVENUE DE L’ALMA
CHAPTER XVI – INSPECTOR BURNLEY UP AGAINST IT
CHAPTER XVII – A COUNCIL OF WAR
CHAPTER XVIII – LEFARGE HUNTS ALONE
CHAPTER XIX – THE TESTING OF AN ALIBI
CHAPTER XX – SOME DAMNING EVIDENCE
CHAPTER XXI – A NEW POINT OF VIEW
CHAPTER XXII – FELIX TELLS A SECOND STORY
CHAPTER XXIII – CLIFFORD GETS TO WORK
CHAPTER XXIV – MR. GEORGES LA TOUCHE
CHAPTER XXV – DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER XXVI – A CLUE AT LAST
CHAPTER XXVII – LA TOUCHE’S DILEMMA
CHAPTER XXVIII – THE UNRAVELLING OF THE WEB
CHAPTER XXIX – A DRAMATIC DÉNOUEMENT
CHAPTER XXX – CONCLUSION
PART I—LONDON
“I see the Bullfinch is in this morning from Rouen,” he said. “I take it she’ll have that consignment of wines for Norton and Banks?”
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The damaged cask had been moved to the side of the hold next the dock, and it occurred to the clerk that any one standing on the wharf beside the hatch could see it. For all he knew to the contrary, this man Felix might have watched their whole proceedings, including the making of the hole in the cask and the taking out of the sovereigns. If he had recognised his property, as was possible, a couple of steps from where he was standing would enable him to put his finger on the label and so convict Broughton of a falsehood. The clerk decided that in this case honesty would be the best policy.
“Yes, sir,” he answered, “your cask has arrived. By a curious coincidence it is this one beside us. We had just separated it out from the wine-barrels owing to its being differently consigned.”
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