The Lost Million
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Le Queux William. The Lost Million
Chapter One. Describes a Man and his Secret
Chapter Two. Contains Several Surprises
Chapter Three. What Mr Arnold Left Behind
Chapter Four. The Man with the Red Cravat
Chapter Five. The Sign of the Gloves
Chapter Six. The Quick and the Dead
Chapter Seven. Dawnay Makes Confession
Chapter Eight. The Story of the Cylinder
Chapter Nine. Reveals Guy’s Suspicions
Chapter Ten. The Evil of the Ten Plagues
Chapter Eleven. A Sensation in the County
Chapter Twelve. The Cry in the Night
Chapter Thirteen. One Point is Made Clear
Chapter Fourteen. Contains Another Suggestion
Chapter Fifteen. Contains some Fresh Facts
Chapter Sixteen. The Sign of the Hand
Chapter Seventeen. A Further Problem
Chapter Eighteen. I Make a Discovery
Chapter Nineteen. Falling Shadows
Chapter Twenty. The Man with the Crimson Button
Chapter Twenty One. More Mystery
Chapter Twenty Two. The Secret of Harvey Shaw
Chapter Twenty Three “A Foreigner.”
Chapter Twenty Four. A Woman’s Word
Chapter Twenty Five. In the Night
Chapter Twenty Six. Contains an Ominous Message
Chapter Twenty Seven. In the Balance
Chapter Twenty Eight. Another Revelation
Chapter Twenty Nine. Discloses Shaw’s Secret
Chapter Thirty. The Third of November
Chapter Thirty One. The Truth Concerning Arnold
Chapter Thirty Two. A Heart’s Secret
Chapter Thirty Three. Plot and Counter-Plot
Chapter Thirty Four. What the Cylinder Contained
Chapter Thirty Five. Conclusion
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For some moments I stood gazing upon the dead man’s changed face, not knowing how to act.
I, Lionel Kemball, had, perhaps very unwisely, accepted a strange responsibility. I had acted with complete indiscretion.
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During the next three days I was greatly occupied by my own affairs, which had been neglected by my year’s absence at the Antipodes. Yet time after time I felt the keenest anxiety as to what could be contained in the dead man’s letter of instruction, and in that corroded cylinder of bronze.
At last, however, I followed the mortal remains of my mysterious friend to Highgate Cemetery, the sole mourner, and after I had seen the coffin committed to the grave I returned to the hotel, where the statue of Osiris stood upon my table, and there, with impatient fingers, tore open the letter.
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