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Title: The Opal Serpent
Author: Fergus Hume
Release Date: March 6, 2008 [EBook #24769]
Language: English
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The Opal Serpent
By
Fergus Hume
AUTHOR OF
"THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB," "THE RAINBOW FEATHER,"
"A COIN OF EDWARD VII.," "THE PAGAN'S CUP,"
"THE SECRET PASSAGE," "THE RED WINDOW,"
"THE MANDARIN'S FAN," ETC.
G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY
G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY.
_Issued July, 1905._
[Illustration: "LOOK! LOOK!" CRIED SYLVIA, GASPING--"THE MOUTH!"]
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. DON QUIXOTE IN LONDON 7
II. DEBORAH JUNK, DUENNA 19
III. DULCINEA OF GWYNNE STREET 32
IV. THE UNFORESEEN 44
V. TROUBLE 56
VI. A NOISE IN THE NIGHT 68
VII. A TERRIBLE NIGHT 80
VIII. THE VERDICT OF THE JURY 91
IX. CASTLES IN THE AIR 103
X. A BOLT FROM THE BLUE 115
XI. A CUCKOO IN THE NEST 126
XII. THE NEW LIFE 137
XIII. THE DETECTIVE'S VIEWS 148
XIV. MR. HAY'S LITTLE
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