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Burton Egbert Stevenson. The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet
The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet
Table of Contents
I A CONNOISSEUR'S VAGARY II THE FIRST TRAGEDY III THE WOUNDED HAND IV THE THUNDERBOLT V GRADY TAKES A HAND VI THE WOMAN IN THE CASE VII ROGERS GETS A SHOCK VIII PRECAUTIONS IX GUESSES AT THE RIDDLE X PREPARATIONS XI THE BURNING EYES XII GODFREY IS FRIGHTENED XIII A DISTINGUISHED CALLER XIV THE VEILED LADY XV THE SECRET OF THE UNKNOWN FRENCHMAN XVI PHILIP VANTINE'S CALLER XVII ENTER M. ARMAND XVIII I PART WITH THE BOULE CABINET XIX "LA MORT!" XX THE ESCAPE XXI GODFREY WEAVES A ROMANCE XXII "CROCHARD, L'INVINCIBLE!" XXIII WE MEET M. PIGOT XXIV THE SECRET OF THE CABINET XXV THE MICHAELOVITCH DIAMONDS XXVI THE FATE OF M. PIGOT XXVII THE LAST ACT OF THE DRAMA XXVIII CROCHARD WRITES AN EPILOGUE. ILLUSTRATIONS
CLUTCHING AT HIS THROAT, HE HALF-TURNED AND FELL "I GRABBED HER AGAIN, AND JUST THEN MR. VANTINE OPENED THE DOOR AND CAME OUT INTO THE HALL." "A MOMENT LATER M. FÉLIX ARMAND WAS SHOWN IN" WITH HIS BACK TO THE DOOR, STOOD A MAN RIPPING SAVAGELY AWAY THE STRIPS OF BURLAP. CHAPTER I
A CONNOISSEUR'S VAGARY
CHAPTER II
THE FIRST TRAGEDY
M. THÉOPHILE D'AURELLE
CHAPTER III
THE WOUNDED HAND
CHAPTER IV
THE THUNDERBOLT
CHAPTER V
GRADY TAKES A HAND
CHAPTER VI
THE WOMAN IN THE CASE
CHAPTER VII
ROGERS GETS A SHOCK
CHAPTER VIII
PRECAUTIONS
CHAPTER IX
GUESSES AT THE RIDDLE
CHAPTER X
PREPARATIONS
MR. VANTINE'S MYSTERIOUS CALLER
CHAPTER XI
THE BURNING EYES
CHAPTER XII
GODFREY IS FRIGHTENED
CHAPTER XIII
A DISTINGUISHED CALLER
CHAPTER XIV
THE VEILED LADY
CHAPTER XV
THE SECRET OF THE UNKNOWN FRENCHMAN
CHAPTER XVI
PHILIP VANTINE'S CALLER
CHAPTER XVII
ENTER M. ARMAND
CHAPTER XVIII
I PART WITH THE BOULE CABINET
CHAPTER XIX
"LA MORT!"
CHAPTER XX
THE ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXI
GODFREY WEAVES A ROMANCE
CHAPTER XXII
"CROCHARD, L'INVINCIBLE!"
"JACQUES CROCHARD,
CHAPTER XXIII
WE MEET M. PIGOT
CHAPTER XXIV
THE SECRET OF THE CABINET
CHAPTER XXV
THE MICHAELOVITCH DIAMONDS
CHAPTER XXVI
THE FATE OF M. PIGOT
CHAPTER XXVII
THE LAST ACT OF THE DRAMA
CHAPTER XXVIII
CROCHARD WRITES AN EPILOGUE
MICHAELOVITCH JEWELS FALSE! FRENCH DETECTIVE TAKES BACK PASTE IMITATIONS FROM AMERICA
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Burton Egbert Stevenson
A Detective Story
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The quick glance which all of us cast about the room was, of course, as involuntary as the chill which ran up our spines; yet Godfrey and I—yes, and Simmonds—had the excuse that, once upon a time, we had had an encounter with a deadly snake which none of us was likely ever to forget. We all smiled a little sheepishly as we caught each other's eyes.
"No, I don't think it was a snake," said Godfrey, and again bent close above the hand. "Smell it, Mr. Goldberger," he added.
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