The Shadow of the Rope

About this eBook

Author

Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William), 1866-1921

Credits

Produced by Steven desJardins and Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Detective and mystery stories, English

Category

Text

eBook-No.

12590

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12590

Release Date

June 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.BY E.W. HORNUNG — ILLUSTRATED BY HARVEY T. DUNN — 1906 — TO MY FRIEND EDWARD SHORTT — CONTENTS — ILLUSTRATIONS — She had recoiled into the narrow hall, driven by an uncontrollable revulsion. — "I will!" she answered through her teeth—and she swept past him out of the room. — "I'll tell you who I thought it was at first," said he, heartily.
3. 3.The Shadow of the Rope
4. 4.CHAPTER I — THE END OF THEIR LIFE
5. 5.CHAPTER II — THE CASE FOR THE CROWN
6. 6.CHAPTER III — NAME AND NATURE
7. 7.CHAPTER IV — THE MAN IN THE TRAIN
8. 8.CHAPTER V — THE MAN IN THE STREET
9. 9.CHAPTER VI — A PERIPATETIC PROVIDENCE
10. 10.CHAPTER VII — A MORNING CALL
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII — THE DOVE AND THE SERPENT
12. 12.CHAPTER IX — A CHANGE OF SCENE
13. 13.CHAPTER X — A SLIGHT DISCREPANCY
14. 14.CHAPTER XI — ANOTHER NEW FRIEND
15. 15.CHAPTER XII — EPISODE OF THE INVISIBLE VISITOR
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII — THE AUSTRALIAN ROOM
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV — BATTLE ROYAL
18. 18.CHAPTER XV — A CHANCE ENCOUNTER
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI — A MATCH FOR MRS. VENABLES
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII — FRIENDS IN NEED
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII — "THEY WHICH WERE BIDDEN"
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX — RACHEL'S CHAMPION
23. 23.CHAPTER XX — MORE HASTE
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI — WORSE SPEED
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII — THE DARKEST HOUR
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII — DAWN
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV — ONE WHO WAS NOT BIDDEN
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV — A POINT TO LANGHOLM
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI — A CARDINAL POINT
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII — THE WHOLE TRUTH
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII — IN THE MATTER OF A MOTIVE

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