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Title: A Master of Mysteries

Author: L. T. Meade
Robert Eustace

Illustrator: J. Ambrose Walton

Release Date: August 8, 2007 [EBook #22278]

Language: English

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A MASTER OF MYSTERIES

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[Illustration: "He pulled the mare nearly up on her haunches."
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A MASTER OF MYSTERIES

By
L. T. MEADE
and ROBERT EUSTACE

Illustrated By
J. AMBROSE WALTON

London
Ward, Lock & Co Limited
Warwick House Salisbury Square E C
New York And Melbourne

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Contents

PAGE

I THE MYSTERY OF THE CIRCULAR CHAMBER 9

II THE WARDER OF THE DOOR 57

III THE MYSTERY OF THE FELWYN TUNNEL 95

IV THE EIGHT-MILE LOCK 139

V HOW SIVA SPOKE 183

VI TO PROVE AN ALIBI 227

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Introduction

It so happened that the circumstances of fate allowed me to follow my
own bent in the choice of a profession. From my earliest youth the
weird, the mysterious had an irresistible fascination for me. Having
private means, I resolved to follow my unique inclinations, and I am now
well known to all my friends as a professional exposer of ghosts, and
one who can clear away the mysteries of most haunted houses. Up to the
present I have never had cause to regret my choice, but at the same time
I cannot too strongly advise any one who thinks of following my example
to hesitate before