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Title: In the Mayor's Parlour

Author: J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

Release Date: May 11, 2008 [EBook #25424]

Language: English

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IN THE MAYOR'S PARLOUR

By J. S. FLETCHER

JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LIMITED

LONDON MCMXXII

SECOND EDITION

_Printed in Great Britain by_ Butler & Tanner, _Frome and London_.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I THE MAYOR'S PARLOUR 1
II THE CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEF 14
III THE TANNERY HOUSE 27
IV BULL'S SNUG 41
V SLEEPING FIRES 53
VI THE ANCIENT OFFICE OF CORONER 67
VII THE VOLUNTARY WITNESS 80
VIII MRS. SAUMAREZ 93
IX THE RIGHT TO INTERVENE 107
X THE CAT IN THE BAG 121
XI THE NINETEEN MINUTES' INTERVAL 132
XII CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE 143
XIII A WOMAN INTERVENES 153
XIV WHOSE VOICES? 164
XV THE SPECIAL EDITION 174
XVI THE CASTLE WALL 185
XVII IMPREGNABLE 196
XVIII LOOSE STRANDS 208
XIX BLACK SECRETS AND RED TAPE 221
XX THE FELL HAND 235
XXI CORRUPTION 246
XXII THE PARLOUR-MAID