The Place of Dragons: A Mystery
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Le Queux William. The Place of Dragons: A Mystery
CHAPTER I. PRESENTS A PROBLEM
CHAPTER II. IS MAINLY ASTONISHING
CHAPTER III. SHOWS LIGHTS FROM THE MIST
CHAPTER IV. OPENS SEVERAL QUESTIONS
CHAPTER V. IN WHICH THE SHADOW FALLS
CHAPTER VI. MYSTERY INEXPLICABLE
CHAPTER VII. TELLS OF TWO MEN
CHAPTER VIII. REMAINS AN ENIGMA
CHAPTER IX. DESCRIBES A NIGHT-VIGIL
CHAPTER X. CONTAINS A CLUE
CHAPTER XI. THE AFFAIR ON THE SEVENTEENTH
CHAPTER XII. LOLA
CHAPTER XIII. RELATES A STRANGE STORY
CHAPTER XIV. WHEREIN CONFESSION IS MADE
CHAPTER XV. CONFIRMS CERTAIN SUSPICIONS
CHAPTER XVI "WHERE THE TWO C'S MEET"
CHAPTER XVI. REVEALS ANOTHER PLOT
CHAPTER XVIII. DONE IN THE NIGHT
CHAPTER XIX. RECORDS FURTHER FACTS
CHAPTER XX. ANOTHER DISCOVERY IS MADE
CHAPTER XXI. EXPLAINS LOLA'S FEARS
CHAPTER XXII. THE ROAD OF RICHES
CHAPTER XXIII. FOLLOWS THE ELUSIVE JULES
CHAPTER XXIV. MAKES A STARTLING DISCLOSURE
CHAPTER XXV. IS MORE MYSTERIOUS
CHAPTER XXVI. HOT-FOOT ACROSS EUROPE
CHAPTER XXVII. OPENS A DEATH-TRAP
CHAPTER XXVIII. DESCRIBES A CHASE
CHAPTER XXIX. THE HOUSE IN HAMPSTEAD
CHAPTER XXX. NARRATES A STARTLING AFFAIR
CHAPTER XXXI "SHEEP OF THY PASTURE"
CHAPTER XXXII. THE TENTS OF UNGODLINESS
CHAPTER XXXIII. DISCLOSES A STRANGE TRUTH
CHAPTER XXXIV. CONCERNS TO-DAY
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In virtue of the facts that I was well known in Cromer, on friendly terms with the local superintendent of police, and what was more to the purpose, known to be a close friend of the Chief Constable at Norwich – also that I was a recognized writer of some authority upon problems of crime – Inspector Treeton, of the Norfolk Constabulary, greeted me affably when, after a very hasty breakfast, I called at the police station.
Treeton was a thin, grey-haired man, usually very quiet and thoughtful in manner, but this staggering affair had quite upset his normal coolness.
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"I quite agree, Mr. Vidal," exclaimed Treeton, and at this I thought the expert from Norwich seemed somewhat annoyed. "Yes," continued the local inspector, "it's quite possible, as Mr. Frayne said, that somebody did creep across the grass behind the old man. But unfortunately, there have been dozens of people over that very same spot this morning."
"Hopeless then!" grunted Frayne. "Why on earth, Treeton, did you let them swarm over there?" he queried testily. "Their doing so has rendered our inquiry a hundred per cent. more difficult. In all such cases the public ought to be rigorously kept from the immediate neighbourhood of the crime."
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