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Title: The Spy in Black

Author: J. Storer Clouston

Release Date: September 25, 2010 [EBook #33996]

Language: English

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The Spy in Black

BY

J. STORER CLOUSTON

AUTHOR OF

'THE LUNATIC AT LARGE,' ETC.

William Blackwood and Sons

Edinburgh and London

1917

_ALL RIGHTS RESERVED_

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

TWO'S TWO.
THE LUNATIC AT LARGE.
THE ADVENTURES OF M. D'HARICOT.
OUR LADY'S INN.
GAR-MISCATH.
THE PRODIGAL FATHER.
THE PEER'S PROGRESS.
HIS FIRST OFFENCE.

CONTENTS.

PART I.

THE NARRATIVE OF LIEUTENANT VON BELKE
(OF THE GERMAN NAVY).
TOC
I. THE LANDING
II. NIGHT IN THE RUINED HOUSE
III. BEHIND THE WALL
IV. THE NAILS
V. WAITING
ETOC

PART II.

A FEW CHAPTERS BY THE EDITOR.
TOC
I. THE PLEASANT STRANGER
II. THE CHAUFFEUR
III. ON THE CLIFF
IV. MR DRUMMOND'S VISITOR
V. ON THE MAIL BOAT
VI. THE VANISHING GOVERNESS
ETOC

PART III.

LIEUTENANT VON BELKE'S NARRATIVE RESUMED.
TOC
I. THE MEETING
II. TIEL'S STORY
III. THE PLAN
IV. WHAT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY
V. A MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURE
VI. THE VISITOR
VII. AT NIGHT
VIII. THE DECISION
IX. ON THE SHORE
ETOC

PART IV.

LIEUTENANT VON BELKE'S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED.
TOC
I. WEDNESDAY
II. THURSDAY
III. THURSDAY NIGHT
IV. FRIDAY
ETOC

PART V.

A FEW CONCLUDING CHAPTERS BY THE EDITOR,
TOC
I. TIEL'S JOURNEY
II. THE LADY
III. THE EMPTY ENVELOPE
ETOC

PART I.

THE NARRATIVE OF LIEUTENANT VON BELKE

(OF THE GERMAN NAVY)

I.

THE LANDING.

If any one had been watching the bay that August night (which,
fortunately for us, there was not), they would have seen up till an
hour after midnight as lonely and peaceful a scene as if it had been
some inlet in Greenland. The war might have been waging on another
planet. The segment of a waning moon was just rising, but the sky was
covered with clouds, except right