Chapter 4

THE PROBLEM SOLVED

XXXIV. MR. GRYCE RESUMES CONTROL 332

XXXV. FINE WORK 351

XXXVI. GATHERED THREADS 364

XXXVII. CULMINATION 373

XXXVIII. A FULL CONFESSION 384

XXXIX. THE OUTCOME OF A GREAT CRIME 405

Illustrations

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“I did not go, but stood watching the firelight flicker on her black dress” Frontispiece

“What was my astonishment to come upon Miss Eleanore Leavenworth standing at the side of her uncle’s bed, with his pistol in her hand” 48

“Pausing only long enough on the threshold to compose myself for the interview, I lifted my hand to knock” 50

“Her whole appearance was so startling, so extraordinary, that I held my breath in surprise” 52

“She . . . was fumbling with the waist of her dress in a way to convince me she had something concealed there which she was anxious to dispose of” 88

“He pushed me upwards. ‘Go back!’ he whispered, . . . ‘Go back!’” 164

“I could not prevent a feeling of sickly apprehension from seizing me as I turned towards the silent figure stretched so near” 276

“I crawled up on to the ledge of the slanting roof last night . . . and . . . saw her moving round the room” 280

“At the sight of his face, the man in our arms quivered, shrieked, and gave one bound that would have overturned Mr. Clavering, . . . had not Mr. Gryce interposed” 374