The Under-Secretary
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Le Queux William. The Under-Secretary
Chapter One. Is mainly about a Man
Chapter Two. Concerns Claudia’s Caprice
Chapter Three. In which Dudley Chisholm is Frank
Chapter Four. Reveals a Peccant Passion
Chapter Five. Describes an English Home
Chapter Six. In which the Colonel grows Mysterious
Chapter Seven. Unites Reality with Romance
Chapter Eight. Shows a Politician and a Policy
Chapter Nine. Defines the Dazzling Degradation
Chapter Ten. Makes Plain a Woman’s Duty
Chapter Eleven. Discloses an Ugly Truth
Chapter Twelve. Is Distinctly Enigmatical
Chapter Thirteen. Takes Dudley by a By-Path
Chapter Fourteen. Which Demands Explanation
Chapter Fifteen. Is told in the Grass Country
Chapter Sixteen. Suggests a Double Problem
Chapter Seventeen. Recounts Curious Circumstances
Chapter Eighteen. Introduces an Interesting Person
Chapter Nineteen. A Man of Secrets Speaks
Chapter Twenty. Throws Light on the Past
Chapter Twenty One. Sows Seeds of Suspicion
Chapter Twenty Two. Requires Solution
Chapter Twenty Three. Records some Matters of Fact
Chapter Twenty Four. Contrasts Two Loves
Chapter Twenty Five. In which the Stranger states his Mission
Chapter Twenty Six. Shows Signori of the Suburbs
Chapter Twenty Seven. Which asks a Question
Chapter Twenty Eight. Confesses the Truth
Chapter Twenty Nine. Confides a Motive and a Mystery
Chapter Thirty. Tells a Strange Tale
Chapter Thirty One. Contains the Conclusion
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The division had been taken, the position of the Government saved, and the House was “up.”
Dudley Chisholm, after driving back in a hansom to his chambers in St. James’s Street, stretched himself before the fire with a weary sigh of relief, to rest himself after the struggle in which he had been so prominent a figure. His rooms, almost opposite the Naval and Military Club, were decorated in that modern style affected by the younger generation of bachelors, with rich brocade hangings, Turkey carpets, art pottery, and woodwork painted dead white. A single glance, however, showed it to be the abode of a man sufficiently wealthy to be able to indulge in costly works of art and fine old china; and although modern in every sense of the word, it was, nevertheless, a very snug, tasteful and well-arranged abode.
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“I don’t know, sir. That, however, was the name that was mentioned.”
“Who was the lady who accompanied her ladyship? Had you ever seen her before?”
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