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Title: The Stretton Street Affair

Author: William Le Queux

Release Date: November 4, 2008 [EBook #27147]

Language: English

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THE STRETTON STREET
AFFAIR

BY

WILLIAM LE QUEUX

AUTHOR OF "THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICO," "THE INTRIGUERS,"
"MADEMOISELLE OF MONTE CARLO"

NEW YORK
THE MACAULAY COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1922
BY WILLIAM LE QUEUX

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

_BY THE SAME AUTHOR_

THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICO
THE INTRIGUERS
MADEMOISELLE OF MONTE CARLO

[Illustration: "Gabrielle, my poor niece," he cried. "She's
dead--dead!"]

CONTENTS

PAGE

PROLOGUE 11

CHAPTER

I INTRODUCES OSWALD DE GEX 20

II THE SISTER'S STORY 37

III WHO WAS GABRIELLE ENGLEDUE? 48

IV FACING THE MUSIC 59

V THE CITY OF THE LILY 69

VI ANOTHER PUZZLE 80

VII THE MILLIONAIRE'S APPREHENSIONS 91

VIII LITTLE MRS. CULLERTON 102

IX SOME PLAIN SPEAKING 113

X MONSIEUR SUZOR AGAIN 122

XI THE ABSOLUTE FACTS 132

XII "RED, GREEN AND GOLD!" 143

XIII SOME INTERESTING REVELATIONS 153

XIV THE GATE OF THE SUN 163

XV THE INTRUDER 172

XVI ANOTHER STRANGE DISCLOSURE 182

XVII WHAT THE PROFESSOR FOUND 192

XVIII MORE ABOUT THE MYSTERY-MAN 202

XIX THE TRACK OF DESPUJOL 212

XX MADEMOISELLE JACQUELOT 222

XXI A