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William Le Queux. The Mysterious Mr. Miller
The Mysterious Mr. Miller
Table of Contents
Chapter One
A Stranger in Shepherd’s Bush
Chapter Two
Touches a Woman’s Honour
Chapter Three
Gives some Explanations
Chapter Four
Arouses Certain Suspicions
Chapter Five
The Villa Du Lac
Chapter Six
The Truth about the Stranger
Chapter Seven
Describes some Confidential Documents
Chapter Eight
“The Mysterious Mr Miller.”
Chapter Nine
Contains a Surprise
Chapter Ten
My Own Confession
Chapter Eleven
Lucie is Confidential
Chapter Twelve
In which a Strange Thing Happens
Chapter Thirteen
Beneath the Love-Light
Chapter Fourteen
Cruel Destiny
Chapter Fifteen
Betrays some Hidden Intrigue
Chapter Sixteen
Introduces Mr Gordon-Wright
Chapter Seventeen
What Happened in the Night
Chapter Eighteen
Plight and Pursuit
Chapter Nineteen
The Blue Motor-Car
Chapter Twenty
Reveals the Truth
Chapter Twenty One
The Peril of Ella Murray
Chapter Twenty Two
At Dawn
Chapter Twenty Three
Children of Circumstance
Chapter Twenty Four
“I am not Fit!”
Chapter Twenty Five
By the Tyrrhenian Waters
Chapter Twenty Six
The Home of the Mysterious Englishman
Chapter Twenty Seven
From a Woman’s Lips
Chapter Twenty Eight
The Voice in the Street
Chapter Twenty Nine
Contains Another Surprise
Chapter Thirty
Some Discoveries in Rome
Chapter Thirty One
The Secret of the Villa Verde
Chapter Thirty Two
The Ticking of the Clock
Chapter Thirty Three
Certain Persons are Inquisitive
Chapter Thirty Four
Love in Fetters
Chapter Thirty Five
An Evening at Hyde Park Gate
Chapter Thirty Six
Two Mysteries
Chapter Thirty Seven
Needs some Explanation
Chapter Thirty Eight
Tells the Truth
Chapter Thirty Nine
Unites Two Hearts
Chapter Forty
Conclusion
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William Le Queux
Published by Good Press, 2021
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The instant she had gone the visitor rose with a quick frou-frou of silken underskirts, and closing the door turned to me with a deep earnest look, saying in a low voice scarcely above a whisper:—
“Let me confess the truth, sir! I am in a most deadly peril, and yet utterly defenceless. I have come direct from Rome in order to overtake the man who has called himself Massari. I must find him, at all hazards. If he chooses to speak—to tell the truth—then he can save my life. If not, I’m lost. Will you help me to discover him? Perhaps you know where he has gone? I throw myself upon your sympathy—upon your mercy. See!” she cried hoarsely, with a wild look in her beautiful eyes, for she was indeed desperate, “I am begging of you, a perfect stranger, begging for my freedom, for my woman’s honour—nay for my life!”
