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Title: Ravensdene Court

Author: J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

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Language: English

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RAVENSDENE COURT

by

J. S. FLETCHER

New York
Alfred A. Knopf
MCMXXII

Copyright, 1922, by
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Published July, 1922

CONTENTS

I THE INN ON THE CLIFF 9

II RAVENSDENE COURT 21

III THE MORNING TIDE 34

IV THE TOBACCO BOX 46

V THE NEWS FROM DEVONPORT 58

VI SECRET THEFT 71

VII YELLOWFACE 84

VIII WAS IT A WOMAN? 96

IX THE ENLARGED PHOTOGRAPH 108

X THE YELLOW SEA 120

XI THE FIVE CONCLUSIONS 133

XII NETHERFIELD BAXTER 145

XIII THE SPOILS OF SACRILEGE 157

XIV SOLOMON FISH 169

XV MR. JALLANBY--SHIP BROKER 181

XVI THE PATHLESS WOOD 193

XVII HUMFREY DE KNAYTHVILLE 206

XVIII THE PLUM CAKE 218

XIX BLACK MEMORIES 230

XX THE POSSIBLE REASON 242

XXI THE CHINESE GENTLEMAN 254

XXII RED DAWN 267

XXIII THE FOURTH CHINAMAN 279

XXIV THE SILK CAP 291

XXV CLEAR DECKS 304

RAVENSDENE COURT

CHAPTER I

THE INN ON THE CLIFF

According to an entry in my book of engagements, I left London for
Ravensdene Court on March 8th, 1912. Until about a fortnight earlier I
had never heard of the place, but there was nothing remarkable in my
ignorance of it, seeing that it stands on a remote part of the
Northumbrian coast, and at least three hundred miles from my usual