A Mysterious Disappearance
I "_Last Seen at Victoria_!"                     1
II _Inspector White_                             12
III _The Lady's Maid_                             22
IV _No. 61 Raleigh Mansions_                     30
V _At the Jollity Theatre_                      41
VI _Miss Marie le Marchant_                      48
VII _In the City_                                 56
VIII _The Hotel du Cercle_                         64
IX _Breaking the Bank_                           72
X _Some Good Resolutions_                       83
XI _Theories_                                    91
XII _Who Corbett Was_                            101
XIII _A Question of Principle_                    109
XIV _No. 12 Raleigh Mansions_                    119
XV _Mrs. Hillmer Hesitates_                     131
XVI _Foxey_                                      142
XVII _A Possible Explanation_                     152
XVIII _What Happened on the Riviera_               163
XIX _Where Mrs. Hillmer Went_                    175
XX _Mr. Sydney H. Corbett_                      183
XXI _How Lady Dyke Left Raleigh Mansions_        194
XXII _A Wilful Murder_                            205
XXIII _The Letter_                                 216
XXIV _The Handwriting_                            225
XXV _Miss Phyllis Browne Intervenes_             234
XXVI _Lady Helen Montgomery's Son_                246
XXVII _Mr. White's Method_                         254
XXVIII _Sir Charles Dyke's Journey_                 264
XXIX _How Lady Dyke Disappeared_                  274
XXX _Sir Charles Dyke Ends His Narrative_        285
XXXI _Valedictory_                                297Having condemned the fog, and the last play, and the latest book, they were momentarily silent.

The newspaper placards on Smith & Son's bookstall announced that a "Great Society Scandal" was on the tapis. "The Duke in the Box" formed a telling line, and the eyes of both people chanced on it simultaneously.

Thought the woman: "He is a man of the world, and an experienced lawyer. Shall I tell him?"

Thought the man: "She wants to take me into her confidence, and I am too busy to be worried by some 
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