LITMIR.BIZ

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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Table of Contents

       CHAPTER I

       LADY JANE THORNE COMES TO DINNER

       CHAPTER II

       OUT OF THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH

       CHAPTER III

       THE CITY OF MASKS

       CHAPTER IV

       THE SCION OF A NEW YORK HOUSE

       CHAPTER V

       MR. THOMAS TROTTER HEARS SOMETHING TO HIS ADVANTAGE

       CHAPTER VI

       THE UNFAILING MEMORY

       CHAPTER VII

       THE FOUNDATION OF THE PLOT

       CHAPTER VIII

       LADY JANE GOES ABOUT IT PROMPTLY

       CHAPTER IX

       MR. TROTTER FALLS INTO A NEW POSITION

       CHAPTER X

       PUTTING THEIR HEADS—AND HEARTS—TOGETHER

       CHAPTER XI

       WINNING BY A NOSE

       CHAPTER XII

       IN THE FOG

       CHAPTER XIII

       NOT CLOUDS ALONE HAVE LININGS

       CHAPTER XIV

       DIPLOMACY

       CHAPTER XV

       ONE NIGHT AT SPANGLER'S

       CHAPTER XVI

       SCOTLAND YARD TAKES A HAND

       CHAPTER XVII

       FRIDAY FOR LUCK

       CHAPTER XVIII

       FRIDAY FOR BAD LUCK

       CHAPTER XIX

       FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

       CHAPTER XX

       AN EXCHANGE OF COURTESIES

       CHAPTER XXI

       THE BRIDE-ELECT

       CHAPTER XXII

       THE BEGINNING

       THE END

CHAPTER I

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LADY JANE THORNE COMES TO DINNER

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      THE Marchioness carefully draped the dust-cloth over the head of an andiron and, before putting the question to the parlour-maid, consulted, with the intensity of a near-sighted person, the ornate French clock in the centre of the mantelpiece. Then she brushed her fingers on the voluminous apron that almost completely enveloped her slight person.

      "Well, who is it, Julia?"

      "It's Lord Temple, ma'am, and he wants to know if you're too busy to come to the 'phone. If you are, I'm to ask you something."

      The Marchioness hesitated. "How do you know it is Lord Eric? Did he mention his name?"

      "He did, ma'am. He said 'this is Tom Trotter speaking, Julia, and is your mistress disengaged?' And so I knew it couldn't be any one else but his Lordship."

      "And what

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