The Duplicate Death By the Same Author THE DANGERVILLE INHERITANCE THE MAULEVERER MURDERS THE AVERAGE MAN THE FINANCES OF SIR JOHN KYNNERSLEY THE TROUBLES OF COLONEL MARWOOD THE SEX TRIUMPHANT “‘One or other of you three, if not all of you, will be accused of the murder’” THE DUPLICATE DEATH THE DUPLICATE DEATH BY A. C. FOX-DAVIES Author of “The Dangerville Inheritance,” “The Mauleverer Murders,” etc. A. C. FOX-DAVIES Author of “The Dangerville Inheritance,” “The Mauleverer Murders,” etc. Illustrated by Hermann Heyer NEW YORK THE MACAULAY COMPANY 1910 Copyright, 1910, By THE MACAULAY COMPANY THE PREMIER PRESS NEW YORK Copyright, 1910, By CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS The Duplicate Death [9] The Duplicate Death CHAPTER I Old Lord Madeley had taken unto himself a wife—one of the beautiful Sisters Alvarez of the Pavilion Theatre of Varieties and the other West-end halls. Whereat the world of Society wondered for ten days. His relatives never ceased to wonder.