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The Cask
Table of Contents
PART I—LONDON
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
PART II—PARIS
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
PART III—LONDON AND PARIS
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
Freeman Wills Crofts
A Murder Mystery
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‘Ah, quite so. Perhaps then you can oblige me with some information? I am expecting from Paris by this boat a cask containing a group of statuary from Messrs. Dupierre of that city. Can you tell me if it has arrived? This is my name.’ He handed Broughton a card on which was printed: ‘M. Léon Felix, 141 West Jubb Street, Tottenham Court Road, W.’
Though the clerk saw at a glance the name was the same as that on the label on the cask, he pretended to read it with care while considering his reply. This man clearly was the consignee, and if he were told the cask was there he would doubtless claim immediate possession. Broughton could think of no excuse for refusing him, but he was determined all the same not to let it go. He had just decided to reply that it had not yet come to light, but that they would keep a look-out for it, when another point struck him.
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