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Title: The Sign of Silence

Author: William Le Queux

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Language: English

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[Illustration: "'Well,' she asked, 'are you ready?'" (Chap. vi.)

_The Sign of Silence_] [_Frontispiece_
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THE SIGN

OF SILENCE

BY

WILLIAM LE QUEUX

_Author of_

_"If Sinners Entice Thee," "The Room of Secrets," etc._

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED

LONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO

1917

"THE MASTER OF MYSTERY"

WILLIAM LE QUEUX'S NOVELS

_WORLD'S OPINIONS._

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... He is far too skilful to allow pause for thought; he whirls his
readers from incident to incident, holding their attention from the first
page to the close of the book."--_Pall Mall Gazette._

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Queux."--_Daily Mail._

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of the Mystery-story."--_Berliner Tageblatt_ (Berlin).

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perfect."--_Englishman_ (Calcutta).

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Mystery.'"--_Hong Kong Telegraph._

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"Mr. William Le Que