CHAPTER XXI. A FINAL SURPRISE

THE SILENT HOUSE By Fergus Hume

CONTENTS I The Tenant of the Silent House 1 II Shadows on the Blind 10 III An Unsatisfactory Explanation 20 IV Mrs. Kebby's Discovery 29 V The Talk of the Town 38 VI Mrs. Vrain's Story 47 VII The Assurance Money 56 VIII Diana Vrain 65 IX A Marriage That Was a Failure 74 X The Parti-Coloured Ribbon 83 XI Further Discoveries 93 XII The Veil and Its Owner 101 XIII Gossip 111 XIV The House in Jersey Street 121 XV Rhoda and the Cloak 131 XVI Mrs. Vrain at Bay 141 XVII A Denial 151 XVIII Who Bought the Cloak? 160 XIX The Defence of Count Ferruci 169 XX A New Development 179 XXI Two Months Pass 187 XXII At Berwin Manor 196 XXIII A Startling Theory 206 XXIV Lucian Is Surprised 215 XXV A Dark Plot 224 XXVI The Other Man's Wife 233 XXVII A Confession 241 XXVIII The Name of the Assassin 252 XXIX Link Sets a Trap 262 XXX Who Fell into the Trap 272 XXXI A Strange Confession 282 XXXII The Confession (continued) 291 XXXIII What Rhoda Had to Say 301 XXXIV The End of It All 310

THE BISHOP'S SECRET By Fergus Hume

CONTENTS PREFACE.