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Title: The House of Whispers

Author: William Le Queux

Release Date: January 14, 2004 [eBook #10718]

Language: English

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THE HOUSE OF WHISPERS

By

WILLIAM LE QUEUX

1910

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
THE LAIRD OF GLENCARDINE

CHAPTER II
FROM OUT THE NIGHT

CHAPTER III
SEALS OF DESTINY

CHAPTER IV
SOMETHING CONCERNING JAMES FLOCKART

CHAPTER V
THE MURIES OF CONNACHAN

CHAPTER VI
CONCERNS GABRIELLE'S SECRET

CHAPTER VII
CONTAINS CURIOUS CONFIDENCES

CHAPTER VIII
CASTING THE BAIT

CHAPTER IX
REVEALS A MYSTERIOUS BUSINESS

CHAPTER X
DECLARES A WOMAN'S LOVE

CHAPTER XI
CONCERNS THE WHISPERS

CHAPTER XII
EXPLAINS SOME CURIOUS FACTS

CHAPTER XIII
WHAT FLOCKART FORESAW

CHAPTER XIV
CONCERNS THE CURSE OF THE CARDINAL

CHAPTER XV
FOLLOWS FLOCKART'S FORTUNES

CHAPTER XVI
SHOWS A GIRL'S BONDAGE

CHAPTER XVII
DESCRIBES A FRENCHMAN'S VISIT

CHAPTER XVIII
REVEALS THE SPY

CHAPTER XIX
SHOWS GABRIELLE DEFIANT

CHAPTER XX
TELLS OF FLOCKART'S TRIUMPH

CHAPTER XXI
THROUGH THE MISTS

CHAPTER XXII
BY THE MEDITERRANEAN

CHAPTER XXIII
WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER

CHAPTER XXIV
"WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK"

CHAPTER XXV
SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE

CHAPTER XXVI
THE VELVET PAW

CHAPTER XXVII
BETRAYS THE BOND

CHAPTER XXVIII
THE WHISPERS AGAIN

CHAPTER XXIX
CONTAINS A FURTHER MYSTERY

CHAPTER XXX
REVEALS SOMETHING TO HAMILTON

CHAPTER XXXI
DESCRIBES A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE

CHAPTER XXXII
OUTSIDE THE WINDOW

CHAPTER XXXIII
IS ABOUT THE MAISON LENARD

CHAPTER XXXIV
SURPRISES MR. FLOCKART

CHAPTER XXXV
DISCLOSES A SECRET

CHAPTER XXXVI
IN WHICH GABRIELLE TELLS A STRANGE STORY

CHAPTER XXXVII
INCREASES THE INTEREST

CHAPTER XXXVIII
"THAT MAN'S VOICE!"

CHAPTER XXXIX
CONTAINS THE CONCLUSION

THE HOUSE OF WHISPERS

CHAPTER I

THE LAIRD OF GLENCARDINE

"Why, what's the matter, child? Tel