The Broken Thread
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Le Queux William. The Broken Thread
Chapter One. Concerns a Girl in Black
Chapter Two. Presents a Curious Problem
Chapter Three. The Fatal Fingers
Chapter Four. Reveals Certain Confidences
Chapter Five. The Mystery of the White Room
Chapter Six. In the Southern Land of Adventure
Chapter Seven. Who was the Apache?
Chapter Eight. The Doctor’s Double Personality
Chapter Nine. Foiled by the Work of a Modern Detective
Chapter Ten. The Mystery of some Disappearances
Chapter Eleven. The Tragedy of a Fateful Joy-Ride
Chapter Twelve. The Second Burglary at Aldborough Park
Chapter Thirteen. Into a Trap and Out of it
Chapter Fourteen. Haunted by the Spirit of the River
Chapter Fifteen. Raife’s Resolve
Chapter Sixteen. The Mysterious Stab in the Dark
Chapter Seventeen. Mr Muirhead and Hilda Discover Raife’s Identity
Chapter Eighteen. A Shadow on Raife’s Courtship
Chapter Nineteen. Gilda Receives a Staggering Blow
Chapter Twenty. The Most Momentous Occasion of Hilda’s Life
Chapter Twenty One. Raife’s Jealousy Ends Disastrously
Chapter Twenty Two. Another Mysterious Visitor in the Night
Chapter Twenty Three. On the Trail. The Finding of the Reticule
Chapter Twenty Four. How the Grand Coup was Planned
Chapter Twenty Five. The Beginning of the Revenge
Chapter Twenty Six. Sir Raife Remington, Baronet and Burglar
Chapter Twenty Seven. The Origin of the Vendetta
Chapter Twenty Eight. Conclusion
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On entering old Mr Mutimer’s house a telegram addressed to Raife lay upon the hall-table. Tearing it open, he read the brief summons. “Come at once, urgent. – Mother.”
The words were startling in their brevity. Turning to his friend, he exclaimed in alarmed accents: “Something serious has happened at home, old man. See what the mater has wired.” He handed the telegram to Teddy.
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“Miss Holt,” he said, turning to her companion. “Tell me, what has happened?”
The angular woman, whose face was pale and thin, raised a warning finger, and pointed in silence to the sobbing lady. Then she whispered:
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