Chapter 1

I. AN ACCIDENTAL SPY 1

II. AT THE CAFÉ MONTMARTRE 11

III. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE 18

IV. THE FALLING OF THE HANDKERCHIEF 26

V. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 33

VI. THE VANISHING LADY 40

VII. THE DECOY-HOUSE OF EUROPE 48

VIII. "DUNCOMBE'S HOLD-UP" 55

IX. THE STORY OF A CALL 64

X. SPENCER'S SURPRISE 72

XI. A WORD OF WARNING 80

XII. THE SHADOWING OF DUNCOMBE 87

XIII. "HER VOICE" 93

XIV. LAUGHTER OF WOMEN 101

XV. MISS FIELDING FROM AMERICA 107

XVI. MISS FIELDING ASKS A QUESTION 115

XVII. GEORGE DUNCOMBE'S LIE 121

XVIII. "WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?" 129

XIX. A HILLSIDE ENCOUNTER 137

XX. MR. FIELDING IN A NEW RÔLE 143

XXI. A WOMAN'S CRY 151

XXII. LORD RUNTON IS SUSPICIOUS 160

XXIII. HER FIRST KISS 171

XXIV. THE EMPTY ROOM 179