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Title: Hushed Up
A Mystery of London

Author: William Le Queux

Release Date: March 15, 2009 [EBook #28337]

Language: English

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HUSHED UP!

_A MYSTERY OF LONDON_

BY

WILLIAM LE QUEUX

LONDON
EVELEIGH NASH
1911

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE PAGE

I IS MAINLY SCANDALOUS 7
II CONCERNS TWO STRANGERS 18

THE STORY OF OWEN BIDDULPH

CHAP.

I BESIDE STILL WATERS 35
II TOLD IN THE NIGHT 46
III THE CLERGYMAN FROM HAMPSHIRE 58
IV THE PERIL BEYOND 68
V THE DARK HOUSE IN BAYSWATER 79
VI A GHASTLY TRUTH 89
VII THE FLAME OF THE CANDLE 99
VIII PRESENTS ANOTHER PROBLEM 107
IX FACE TO FACE 117
X CONTAINS A FURTHER SURPRISE 125
XI WHAT THE POLICE KNEW 136
XII THE WORD OF A WOMAN 145
XIII THE DEATH KISS 156
XIV OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE 165
XV FORBIDDEN LOVE 175
XVI THE MAN IN GOLD PINCE-NEZ 185
XVII THE MAN IN THE STREET 196
XVIII PROOF POSITIVE 206
XIX THROUGH THE MISTS 215
XX THE STRANGER IN THE RUE DE RIVOLI 225
XXI DESCRIBES AN UNWELCOME VISIT 234
XXII MORE