The Pauper of Park Lane
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Le Queux William. The Pauper of Park Lane
Chapter One. Introduces a Man and a Mystery
Chapter Two. Concerns a Silent Secret
Chapter Three. Tells of a Woman’s Love
Chapter Four. Which is Distinctly Mysterious
Chapter Five. What a Constable Saw
Chapter Six. Mentions a Curious Confession
Chapter Seven. Contains Several Revelations
Chapter Eight. The Pauper of Park Lane
Chapter Nine. In which Levi Gives Advice
Chapter Ten. Shows a Woman’s Peril
Chapter Eleven. Samuel Statham Makes Confession
Chapter Twelve. In which a Woman’s Honour is at Stake
Chapter Thirteen. Describes the Man from Nowhere
Chapter Fourteen. Reveals a Clever Conspiracy
Chapter Fifteen. More about Marion
Chapter Sixteen. On Dangerous Ground
Chapter Seventeen. In which a Scot Becomes Anxious
Chapter Eighteen. The Outsider
Chapter Nineteen. The Man who Loved
Chapter Twenty. Explains Jean Adam’s Suggestion
Chapter Twenty One. Shows Mr Statham at Home
Chapter Twenty Two. Tells of the Three
Chapter Twenty Three. London Lovers
Chapter Twenty Four. Truth or Untruth
Chapter Twenty Five. Two Men and a Woman
Chapter Twenty Six. Which Puts a Serious Question
Chapter Twenty Seven. In the Web
Chapter Twenty Eight. Old Sam has a Visitor
Chapter Twenty Nine. In which Marion is Indiscreet
Chapter Thirty. The Spider’s Parlour
Chapter Thirty One “His Name!”
Chapter Thirty Two. Man’s Broken Promises
Chapter Thirty Three. Against the Rules
Chapter Thirty Four. The Mysterious Mademoiselle
Chapter Thirty Five. In which there is another Mystery
Chapter Thirty Six. The Locked Door in Park Lane
Chapter Thirty Seven. Max Barclay is Inquisitive
Chapter Thirty Eight. Friend or Foe?
Chapter Thirty Nine. The City of Unrest
Chapter Forty. Gives a Clue
Chapter Forty One. The Gateway of the East
Chapter Forty Two. Advances a Theory
Chapter Forty Three. The Lost Beloved
Chapter Forty Four. Tells of a Determination
Chapter Forty Five. The Impending Blow
Chapter Forty Six. To Learn the Truth
Chapter Forty Seven. Contains More Mystery
Chapter Forty Eight. Not Counting the Cost
Chapter Forty Nine. What Lay behind the Door
Chapter Fifty. Face to Face
Chapter Fifty One. Describes Another Surprise
Chapter Fifty Two. Contains a Complete Revelation
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That same afternoon, while Charlie Rolfe was bidding farewell to his sister Marion, Max Barclay was sitting in the cosy study of one of the smaller houses in Cromwell Road, smoking cigarettes with a thin-faced, grey-haired, grey-bearded man whose cast of features at once betrayed him to be a foreigner.
The well-furnished room was the typical den of a studious man, as its owner really was, for about it was an air of solid comfort, while upon the floor near where the elder man was lying back in his leather easy-chair were scattered some newspapers with headings in unfamiliar type – the Greek alphabet.
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Max was surprised at this. Had any unpleasantness occurred between the two men, which his friend was concealing, knowing that Rolfe was his most intimate chum?
“Does he come often?”
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