Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo

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Le Queux William. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo

FIRST CHAPTER. THE SUICIDE’S CHAIR

SECOND CHAPTER. CONCERNS A GUILTY SECRET

THIRD CHAPTER. IN THE NIGHT

FOURTH CHAPTER. WHAT THE DOSSIER CONTAINED

FIFTH CHAPTER. ON THE HOG’S BACK

SIXTH CHAPTER. FACING THE UNKNOWN

SEVENTH CHAPTER. FROM DARK TO DAWN

EIGHTH CHAPTER. THE WHITE CAVALIER

NINTH CHAPTER. CONCERNS THE SPARROW

TENTH CHAPTER. A LESSON IN ARGOT

ELEVENTH CHAPTER. MORE ABOUT THE SPARROW

TWELFTH CHAPTER. THE STRANGER IN BOND STREET

THIRTEENTH CHAPTER. POISONED LIPS

FOURTEENTH CHAPTER. RED DAWN

FIFTEENTH CHAPTER. THE NAMELESS MAN

SIXTEENTH CHAPTER. THE ESCROCS OF LONDON

SEVENTEENTH CHAPTER. ON THE SURREY HILLS

EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER. THE MAN WITH THE BLACK GLOVE

NINETEENTH CHAPTER. THE SPARROW

TWENTIETH CHAPTER. THE MAN WHO KNEW

TWENTY-FIRST CHAPTER. THE MAN WITH MANY NAMES

TWENTY-SECOND CHAPTER. CLOSING THE NET

TWENTY-THIRD CHAPTER. WHAT LISETTE KNEW

TWENTY-FOURTH CHAPTER. FRIEND OR ENEMY?

TWENTY-FIFTH CHAPTER. THE MAN CATALDI

TWENTY-SIXTH CHAPTER. LISETTE’S DISCLOSURES

TWENTY-SEVENTH CHAPTER. THE INQUISITIVE MR. SHRIMPTON

TWENTY-EIGHTH CHAPTER. THE SPARROW’S NEST

TWENTY-NINTH CHAPTER. THE STORY OF MADEMOISELLE

CONCLUSION

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Just after seven o’clock that same evening young Henfrey and his friend Brock met in the small lounge of the Hotel des Palmiers, a rather obscure little establishment in the Avenue de la Costa, behind the Gardens, much frequented by the habitues of the Rooms who know Monte Carlo and prefer the little place to life at the Paris, the Hermitage, and the Riviera Palace, or the Gallia, up at Beausoleil.

The Palmiers was a place where one met a merry cosmopolitan crowd, but where the cocotte in her bright plumage was absent—an advantage which only the male habitue of Monte Carlo can fully realize. The eternal feminine is always so very much in evidence around the Casino, and the most smartly dressed woman whom one might easily take for the wife of an eminent politician or financier will deplore her bad luck and beg for “a little loan.”

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Brock did not turn up at dinner. Indeed, he did not expect his friend back till late. So he ate his meal alone, and then went out to the Cafe de Paris, where for an hour he sat upon the terrasse smoking and listening to the weird music of the red-coated orchestra of Roumanian gipsies.

All the evening, indeed, he idled, chatting with men and women he knew. Carmen was being given at the Opera opposite, but though he loved music he had no heart to go. The one thought obsessing him was of the handsome and fascinating woman who was such a mystery to all.

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