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Title: The Man Who Knew

Author: Edgar Wallace

Release Date: March 28, 2008 [EBook #24933]

Language: English

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THE MAN WHO KNEW

BY

EDGAR WALLACE

AUTHOR OF "THE CLUE OF THE TWISTED CANDLE," "KATE PLUS 10," ETC.

WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY
WILLIAM A. KIRKPATRICK

[Illustration: Publisher's logo]

BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
_PUBLISHERS_

Copyright, 1918
BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

[Illustration: "The girl had risen to her feet and was shrinking back to
the wall." _See page 333._]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE MAN IN THE LABORATORY 9
II THE GIRL WHO CRIED 27
III FOUR IMPORTANT CHARACTERS 40
IV THE ACCOUNTANT AT THE BANK 59
V JOHN MINUTE'S LEGACY 73
VI THE MAN WHO KNEW 99
VII INTRODUCING MR. REX HOLLAND 109
VIII SERGEANT SMITH CALLS 135
IX FRANK MERRILL AT THE ALTAR 155
X A MURDER 175
XI THE CASE AGAINST FRANK MERRILL 201
XII THE TRIAL OF FRANK MERRILL 220
XIII THE MAN WHO CAME TO MONTREUX 243
XIV THE MAN WHO LOOKED LIKE FRANK 261
XV A LETTER IN THE GRATE 279
XVI THE COMING OF SERGEANT SMITH 289
XVII THE MAN CALLED "MERRILL" 317

THE MAN WHO KNEW

CHAPTER I

THE MAN IN THE LABORATORY

The room was a small one, and had been chosen for its remoteness from
the dwelling rooms. It had formed the billiard room, which the former
owner of Weald Lodge had added to his premises, and John Minute, who had
neither the time nor the patience for billiards, had readily handed over
this damp annex to his scientific secretary.

Along one side ran a plain deal bench which was crow