# The club of masks

Author: Upward, Allen, 1863-1926

Genre: Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69845

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+club+of+masks+Upward&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I had only just let myself into the hall of the quiet house in the respectable street beside the British Museum when my ear was startled by the subdued shrilling of the telephone bell overhead. Whether this was the first time it had sounded, or whether that alarming call was being repeated for the second or third time, I had no means of knowing, as I turned hurriedly to fasten the front door behind me. Cautiously, and yet as swiftly as I dared, I shot the bolts and began speeding on tiptoe up the two flights of stairs between me and safety from detection. The night telephone was placed beside my bed on the second floor, but Sir Frank Tarleton slept on the same landing; and unless I could...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/6/index.md)
- [volume I was required to search. And if I pretended to look for it](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-club-of-masks-69845/chapters/7/index.md)