The Mystery Queen

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Hume Fergus. The Mystery Queen

CHAPTER I. A STRANGE VISITOR

CHAPTER II. A COMPLETE MYSTERY

CHAPTER III. DUTY BEFORE PLEASURE

CHAPTER IV. AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE

CHAPTER V. MUDDY WATER

CHAPTER VI. THE INVENTOR

CHAPTER VII. THE HERMIT LADIES

CHAPTER VIII. AVIATION

CHAPTER IX. MAHOMET'S COFFIN

CHAPTER X. ANOTHER MYSTERY

CHAPTER XI. ON THE TRAIL

CHAPTER XII. AN AMAZING ADVENTURE

CHAPTER XIII. A BOLD DETERMINATION

CHAPTER XIV. A BUSY AFTERNOON

CHAPTER XV. ABSOLUTE PROOF

CHAPTER XVI. DAN'S DIPLOMACY

CHAPTER XVII. AT BAY

CHAPTER XVIII. THE FLIGHT

CHAPTER XIX. TREACHERY

CHAPTER XX. QUEEN BEELZEBUB'S END

CHAPTER XXI. SUNSHINE

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"Sir Charles was alive when we left shortly after eight," remarked Dan sharply; "at a quarter-past eight to be precise. What took place in the meantime?"

"Obviously the violent death of Sir Charles," faltered the secretary. "What evidence have you to show that he died by violence?" asked Halliday. "Mr. Durwin called in a doctor, and he says that Sir Charles had been poisoned," blurted out Penn uneasily. "I believe that woman-Mrs. Brown she called herself-poisoned him. She left the house at a quarter to nine, so the footman says, for he let her out, and-"

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"I don't think Miss Moon was in a state of mind to understand what you were saying, Mr. Inspector," said Halliday, drily. "However, I am quite sure from my own observation that Mrs. Brown did not use the perfume. I would have noticed it at once, for I spotted it the moment I examined the body."

"So did I," said Durwin once more; "but I thought Sir Charles might have used it. You say he did not, therefore the scent is a clue." "It does not lead to the indictment of Mrs. Brown, however, sir," said Tenson thoughtfully, "since she had no perfume of that sort about her. But she must have killed Sir Charles, for she was the last person who saw him alive."

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