The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow

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Green Anna Katharine. The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow

BOOK I. A PROBLEM OF THE FIRST ORDER

I "LET SOME ONE SPEAK!"

II. IN ROOM B

III "I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU"

IV. A STRATEGIC MOVE

V. THREE WHERE TWO SHOULD BE

VI. THE MAN IN THE GALLERY

VII "YOU THINK THAT OF ME!"

BOOK II. MR. X

VIII. ON THE SEARCH

IX. WHILE THE CITY SLEPT

X "AND HE STOOD HERE?"

XI. FOOTSTEPS

XII "SPARE NOBODY! I SAY, SPARE NOBODY!"

XIII "WRITE ME HIS NAME"

XIV. A LOOP OF SILK

XV. NEWS FROM FRANCE

BOOK III. STORM IN THE MOUNTAINS

XVI. FRIENDS

XVII. THE CUCKOO-CLOCK

XVIII. MRS. DAVIS' STRANGE LODGER

XIX. MR. GRYCE AND THE TIMID CHILD

XX. MR. GRYCE AND THE UNWARY WOMAN

XXI. PERPLEXED

XXII. HE REMEMBERS

XXIII. GIRLS, GIRLS! NOTHING BUT GIRLS!

XXIV. FLIGHT

XXV. TERROR

XXVI. THE FACE IN THE WINDOW

BOOK IV. NEMESIS

XXVII. FROM LIPS LONG SILENT

XXVIII "ROMANTIC! TOO ROMANTIC!"

XXIX. A STRONG MAN

XXX. THE CREEPING SHADOW

XXXI. CONFRONTED

XXXII "WHY IS THAT HERE?"

XXXIII. AGAIN THE CUCKOO-CLOCK

XXXIV. THE BUD—THEN THE DEADLY FLOWER

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The hour of noon had just struck, and the few visitors still lingering among the curiosities of the great museum were suddenly startled by the sight of one of the attendants running down the broad, central staircase, loudly shouting:

"Close the doors! Let no one out! An accident has occurred, and nobody's to leave the building."

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"Let me have a moment in which to recover myself," she prayed, covering her eyes with her hand. Then, while all waited, she gave a low cry, "I suffer; I suffer!" and leaped to her feet, only to sink back again inert and powerless. But only for an instant: with that one burst of extreme feeling she recovered her self-control, answering with apparent calmness the detective's question:

"I was passing through the gallery as any other visitor might, when a young lady rushed by me—stopped short—threw up her arms and fell backward to the floor, pierced to the heart by an arrow. In a moment I was on my knees at her side with hand outstretched to withdraw this dreadful arrow. But I was afraid—I had heard that this sometimes causes death, and while I was hesitating, that vision came, engulfing everything. I could think of nothing else."

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