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Title: The Silent House

Author: Fergus Hume

Release Date: August 17, 2006 [EBook #19069]

Language: English

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THE
SILENT HOUSE

BY
FERGUS HUME

New York
C. H. DOSCHER

Copyright, 1907, by
C. H. DOSCHER

[Illustration: I have ample time at my command, and I shall only be
too happy to place it and myself at your service]

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I--The Tenant of the Silent House 1

II--Shadows on the Blind 10

III--An Unsatisfactory Explanation 20

IV--Mrs. Kebby's Discovery 29

V--The Talk of the Town 38

VI--Mrs. Vrain's Story 47

VII--The Assurance Money 56

VIII--Diana Vrain 65

IX--A Marriage That Was a Failure 74

X--The Parti-Coloured Ribbon 83

XI--Further Discoveries 93

XII--The Veil and Its Owner 101

XIII--Gossip 111

XIV--The House in Jersey Street 121

XV--Rhoda and the Cloak 131

XVI--Mrs. Vrain at Bay 141

XVII--A Denial 151

XVIII--Who Bought the Cloak? 160

XIX--The Defence of Count Ferruci 169

XX--A New Development 179

XXI--Two Months Pass 187

XXII--At Berwin Manor 196

XXIII--A Startling Theory 206

XXIV--Lucian Is Surprised 215

XXV--A Dark Plot 224

XXVI--The Other Man's Wife 233

XXVII--A Confession 241

XXVIII--The Name of the Assassin 252

XXIX--Link Sets a Trap 262

XXX--Who Fell into the Trap