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Title: Swirling Waters

Author: Max Rittenberg

Release Date: July 8, 2006 [EBook #18789]

Language: English

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SWIRLING WATERS

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

THE MIND-READER, BEING SOME PAGES FROM THE LIFE OF DR XAVIER WYCHERLEY,
PSYCHOLOGIST AND MENTAL HEALER.

THE COCKATOO.

SWIRLING WATERS

BY

MAX RITTENBERG

AUTHOR OF
"THE MIND-READER," "THE COCKATOO," ETC.

SECOND EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

First Published July 3rd 1913
Second Edition August 1913

TO

MY DEAR MOTHER

WHOSE ADVICE AND CRITICISM HAVE HELPED SO
GREATLY IN MY WORK, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE
MAKING OF THIS BOOK; WHOSE COMPANIONSHIP
HAS BEEN A CONSTANT INSPIRATION TO ME

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. The Whirlpool 1

II. A L5,000,000 Deal 7

III. Shadowed 17

IV. On the Scent of a Mystery 19

V. The First Move in the Game 29

VI. The Beginning of a New Life 42

VII. A Seat by the Arena 50

VIII. Who and where is Riviere? 61

IX. At Monte Carlo 69

X. Larssen turns another Corner 73

XI. A Letter From Riviere 83

XII. The Second Meeting 87

XIII. At the Maison Carree 100

XIV. By the Druids' Tower 107

XV. Waiting the Verdict