The Day of Temptation

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William Le Queux. The Day of Temptation

The Day of Temptation

Table of Contents

Chapter Two

The Silver Greyhound

Chapter Three

One of a Crowd

Chapter Four

“The Major.”

Chapter Five

Tristram at Home

Chapter Six

In Tuscany

Chapter Seven

Doctor Malvano

Chapter Eight

Her Ladyship’s Secret

Chapter Nine

Beneath the Red, White, and Blue

Chapter Ten

The Mystery of Gemma

Chapter Eleven

Silence is Best

Chapter Twelve

A Word with His Excellency

Chapter Thirteen

A Discovery in Ebury Street

Chapter Fourteen

The Doctor’s Story

Chapter Fifteen

The Shadow

Chapter Sixteen

“Traitors Die Slowly.”

Chapter Seventeen

Smayle’s Dilemma

Chapter Eighteen

What Lady Marshfield Knew

Chapter Nineteen

A Secret Despatch

Chapter Twenty

“The Gobbo.”

Chapter Twenty One

At Lyddington

Chapter Twenty Two

The Unknown

Chapter Twenty Three

A Ruler of Europe

Chapter Twenty Four

By Stealth

Chapter Twenty Five

A Woman’s Diplomacy

Chapter Twenty Six

The Palazza Funaro

Chapter Twenty Seven

On the Night Wind

Chapter Twenty Eight

The Trick of a Trickster

Chapter Twenty Nine

Entrapped

Chapter Thirty

“I Bear Witness!”

Chapter Thirty One

Fiori d’Arancio

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William Le Queux

Published by Good Press, 2019

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“You think him a foreigner because of his tie—eh?” the detective observed, smiling. “Now, if you had noticed his boots with a critical eye, you might perhaps have accurately determined his nationality. Look at a man’s boots next time.”

Then, taking up his pen, he drew a piece of pale yellow official paper before him, noted the number of the cabman’s badge, inquired his name and address, and asked several questions, afterwards dismissing both men with the observation that until a verdict had been given in the Coroner’s Court, he saw no reason to institute further inquiries.

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