The Mystery of the Ravenspurs
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White Fred Merrick. The Mystery of the Ravenspurs
CHAPTER I. THE SHADOW OF A FEAR
CHAPTER II. THE WANDERER RETURNS
CHAPTER III. THE CRY IN THE NIGHT
CHAPTER IV. 101 BRANT STREET
CHAPTER V. A RAY OF LIGHT
CHAPTER VI. ABELL CARRIES OUT HIS ERRAND
CHAPTER VII. MORE LIGHT
CHAPTER VIII. A MASTER OF FENCE
CHAPTER IX. APRIL DAYS
CHAPTER X. A LITTLE SUNSHINE
CHAPTER XI. ANOTHER STROKE IN THE DARKNESS
CHAPTER XII. GEOFFREY IS PUT TO THE TEST
CHAPTER XIII. REELING OFF THE THREAD
CHAPTER XIV "IT MIGHT BE YOU"
CHAPTER XV. RALPH RAVENSPUR'S CONCEIT
CHAPTER XVI. THE WHITE FLOWERS
CHAPTER XVII. WHENCE DID THEY COME?
CHAPTER XVIII. MRS. MONA MAY
CHAPTER XIX. VERA IS NOT PLEASED
CHAPTER XX. A FASCINATING WOMAN
CHAPTER XXI. THE MYSTERY DEEPENS
CHAPTER XXII. DEEPER STILL
CHAPTER XXIII. MARION EXPLAINS
CHAPTER XXIV. MARION'S DOUBLE
CHAPTER XXV. GEOFFREY IS PUZZLED
CHAPTER XXVI. GEOFFREY BEGINS TO UNDERSTAND
CHAPTER XXVII. AN UNEXPECTED GUEST
CHAPTER XXVIII. MORE OF THE BEES
CHAPTER XXIX. MRS. MAY AT RAVENSPUR
CHAPTER XXX. A LEAF FROM THE PAST
CHAPTER XXXI. THE SILK THREAD
CHAPTER XXXII. MORE FROM THE PAST
CHAPTER XXXIII. VERA SEES SOMETHING
CHAPTER XXXIV. EXIT TCHIGORSKY
CHAPTER XXXV. MRS. MAY IS PLEASED
CHAPTER XXXVI. MRS. MAY LEARNS SOMETHING
CHAPTER XXXVII. DIPLOMACY
CHAPTER XXXVIII. GEOFFREY GETS A SHOCK
CHAPTER XXXIX. PRINCESS ZARA'S TERMS
CHAPTER XL. THE IRON CAGE
CHAPTER XLI. WAITING
CHAPTER XLII. THE SEARCH
CHAPTER XLIII. NEARER
CHAPTER XLIV. STILL NEARER
CHAPTER XLV. BAFFLED
CHAPTER XLVI. NEARING THE END
CHAPTER XLVII. TCHIGORSKY FURTHER EXPLAINS
CHAPTER XLVIII. MORE FROM THE PAST
CHAPTER XLIX. RALPH TAKES CHARGE
CHAPTER L. A KIND UNCLE
CHAPTER LI "WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?"
CHAPTER LII "AS PROOF OF HOLY WRIT"
CHAPTER LIII. A LITTLE LIGHT
CHAPTER LIV. EXIT THE ASIATICS
CHAPTER LV. A SHOCK FOR THE PRINCESS
CHAPTER LVI. MARION COMES BACK
CHAPTER LVII. HAND AND FOOT
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The hour was growing late, and the family were dining in the great hall. Rupert Ravenspur sat at the head of the table, with Gordon's wife opposite him. The lovers sat smiling and happy side by side. Across the table Marion beamed gently upon the company. Nothing ever seemed to eclipse her quiet gaiety; she was the life and soul of the party. There was something angelic about the girl as she sat there clad in soft diaphanous white.
Lamps gleamed on the fair damask, on the feathery daintiness of flowers, and on the lush purple and gold and russet of grapes and peaches. From the walls long lines of bygone Ravenspurs looked down – fair women in hoops and farthingale, men in armor. There was a flash of color from the painted roof.
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"You look strange and yet familiar to me," said Ravenspur. "Who are you and whence do you come?"
"I know you," the stranger replied in a strangled whisper. "I could recognize your voice anywhere. You are my father."
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