The Woman of Mystery
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Leblanc Maurice. The Woman of Mystery
CHAPTER I. THE MURDER
CHAPTER II. THE LOCKED ROOM
CHAPTER III. THE CALL TO ARMS
CHAPTER IV. A LETTER FROM ÉLISABETH
CHAPTER V. THE PEASANT-WOMAN AT CORVIGNY
CHAPTER VI. WHAT PAUL SAW AT ORNEQUIN
CHAPTER VII. H. E. R. M
CHAPTER VIII. ÉLISABETH'S DIARY
CHAPTER IX. A SPRIG OF EMPIRE
CHAPTER X. 75 OR 155?
CHAPTER XI "YSERY, MISERY"
CHAPTER XII. MAJOR HERMANN
CHAPTER XIII. THE FERRYMAN'S HOUSE
CHAPTER XIV. A MASTERPIECE OF KULTUR
CHAPTER XV. PRINCE CONRAD MAKES MERRY
CHAPTER XVI. THE IMPOSSIBLE STRUGGLE
CHAPTER XVII. THE LAW OF THE CONQUEROR
CHAPTER XVIII. HILL 132
CHAPTER XIX. HOHENZOLLERN
CHAPTER XX. THE DEATH PENALTY – AND A CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
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The carriage stood waiting for them a little way ahead. They had sat down by the roadside on reaching the upland at the top of the ascent. The green, undulating valley of the Liseron opened up before them, with its little winding river escorted by two white roads which followed its every turn. Behind them, under the setting sun, some three hundred feet below, lay the clustering mass of Corvigny. Two miles in front of them rose the turrets of Ornequin and the ruins of the old castle.
Terrified by Paul's story, Élisabeth was silent for a time. Then she said:
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He began to make for the door, stepping backwards, unable to take his eyes from the portrait of Hermine d'Andeville. He was staggering like a drunken man; and his arms beat the air around him.
"That.. that." he stammered, hoarsely.
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