The Mysterious Three
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Le Queux William. The Mysterious Three
Chapter One. Concerns a Visitor
Chapter Two. Contains Certain Revelations
Chapter Three. The Name of “Smithson.”
Chapter Four. Further Mystery
Chapter Five. Puts Certain Questions
Chapter Six. The House in the Square
Chapter Seven. Treading among Shadows
Chapter Eight. More Mystery
Chapter Nine. The Gentleman Named Paulton
Chapter Ten. Relates a Strange Incident
Chapter Eleven. Contains some Strange News
Chapter Twelve. Gossip from the Sunshine
Chapter Thirteen. In the Web
Chapter Fourteen. The Perfume
Chapter Fifteen. Within an Ace
Chapter Sixteen. The Harvest of Fire
Chapter Seventeen. Found in the Débris
Chapter Eighteen. In which the Mask is Raised
Chapter Nineteen. More Revelations
Chapter Twenty. Concerns a Mysterious Light
Chapter Twenty One. Contains a Further Surprise
Chapter Twenty Two. A Secret is Disclosed
Chapter Twenty Three. Contains Another Revelation
Chapter Twenty Four. A Further Tangle
Chapter Twenty Five. Towards the Truth
Chapter Twenty Six. Mr Smithson again
Chapter Twenty Seven. In the Shadow
Chapter Twenty Eight. The Unknown To-morrow
Chapter Twenty Nine. A Strange Truth is Told
Chapter Thirty. Contains the End
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Until lunch-time next day I remained in Oakham, not knowing what to do, uncertain what steps to take.
I am a bachelor with a comfortable income, and, I am ashamed to say, an idler. Work never did really appeal to me. I try to compensate for not working by paying my taxes regularly and being as charitable as I can to people I come across and like, and whom the world seems to treat unjustly.
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I own a car and, being well acquainted with its intricacies, saw at once that what he said was true. Somebody – presumably while he was wandering about the lawns and back premises – must have lifted the bonnet and injured the plugs. There was no other solution. The car could not have travelled out from Oakham, or travelled at all, had that damage been done before.
We looked at each other, equally puzzled.
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