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Мэри Элизабет Брэддон. The Trail of the Serpent (Detective Mystery)
The Trail of the Serpent (Detective Mystery)
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The Trail of the Serpent
Book the First. A Respectable Young Man
Chapter I. The Good Schoolmaster
Chapter II. Good for Nothing
Chapter III. The Usher Washes His Hands
Chapter IV. Richard Marwood Lights His Pipe
Chapter V. The Healing Waters
Chapter VI. Two Coroner’s Inquests
Chapter VII. The Dumb Detective a Philanthropist
Chapter VIII. Seven Letters on the Dirty Alphabet
Chapter IX “Mad, Gentlemen of the Jury”
Book the Second. A Clearance of All Scores
Chapter I. Blind Peter
Chapter II. Like and Unlike
Chapter III. A Golden Secret
Chapter IV. Jim Looks Over the Brink of the Terrible Gulf
Chapter V. Midnight by the Slopperton Clocks
Chapter VI. The Quiet Figure on the Heath
Chapter VII. The Usher Resigns His Situation
Book the Third. A Holy Institution
Chapter I. The Value of an Opera-Glass
Chapter II. Working in the Dark
Chapter III. The Wrong Footstep
Chapter IV. Ocular Demonstration
Chapter V. The King of Spades
Chapter VI. A Glass of Wine
Chapter VII. The Last Act of Lucretia Borgia
Chapter VIII. Bad Dreams and a Worse Waking
Chapter IX. A Marriage in High Life
Chapter X. Animal Magnetism
Book the Fourth. Napoleon the Great
Chapter I. The Boy from Slopperton
Chapter II. Mr. Augustus Darley and Mr. Joseph Peters Go Out Fishing
Chapter III. The Emperor Bids Adieu to Elba
Chapter IV. Joy and Happiness for Everybody
Chapter V. The Cherokees Take an Oath
Chapter VI. Mr. Peters Relates How He Thought He had a Clue, and How He Lost It
Book the Fifth. The Dumb Detective
Chapter I. The Count De Marolles at Home
Chapter II. Mr. Peters Sees a Ghost
Chapter III. The Cherokees Mark Their Man
Chapter IV. The Captain, the Chemist, and the Lascar
Chapter V. The New Milkman in Park Lane
Chapter VI. Signor Mosquetti Relates an Adventure
Chapter VII. The Golden Secret is Told, and the Golden Bowl is Broken
Chapter VIII. One Step Further on the Right Track
Chapter IX. Captain Lansdown Overhears a Conversation Which Appears to Interest Him
Book the Sixth. On the Track
Chapter I. Father and Son
Chapter II. Raymond De Marolles Shows Himself Better Than All Bow Street
Chapter III. The Left-Handed Smasher Makes His Mark
Chapter IV. What They Find in the Room in Which the Murder was Committed
Chapter V. Mr. Peters Decides on a Strange Step, and Arrests the Dead
Chapter VI. The End of the Dark Road
Chapter the Last. Farewell to England
My First Novel. by M. E. Braddon
