Room Number 3, and Other Detective Stories

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Green Anna Katharine. Room Number 3, and Other Detective Stories

ROOM NUMBER 3

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MIDNIGHT IN BEAUCHAMP ROW

THE RUBY AND THE CALDRON

THE LITTLE STEEL COILS

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THE STAIRCASE AT HEART'S DELIGHT

THE AMETHYST BOX

I. THE FLASK WHICH HELD BUT A DROP

II. BEATON'S DREAM

III. A SCREAM IN THE NIGHT

IV. WHAT SINCLAIR HAD TO TELL ME

V. THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING

VI. DOROTHY SPEAKS

VII. CONSTRAINT

VIII. GILBERTINE SPEAKS

IX. IN THE LITTLE BOUDOIR

THE GREY LADY

THE THIEF

THE HOUSE IN THE MIST

I. AN OPEN DOOR

II. WITH MY EAR TO THE WAINSCOTING

III. A LIFE DRAMA

IV. THE FINAL SHOCK

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"What door is that? You've opened all the others; why do you pass that one by?"

"Oh, that! That's only Number 3. A mere closet, gentlemen," responded the landlord in a pleasant voice. "To be sure, we sometimes use it as a sleeping-room when we are hard pushed. Jake, the clerk you saw below, used it last night. But it's not on our regular list. Do you want a peep at it?"

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"You have not. There is such a room. I could not have dreamed it."

Silence met this suggestion.

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