# The trail of the serpent

Author: Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915

Genre: Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75840

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+trail+of+the+serpent+Braddon&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I DON’T suppose it rained harder in the good town of Slopperton-on-the-Sloshy than it rained anywhere else. But it did rain. There was scarcely an umbrella in Slopperton that could hold its own against the rain that came pouring down that November afternoon, between the hours of four and five. Every gutter in High Street, Slopperton; every gutter in Broad Street (which was of course the narrowest street); in New Street (which by the same rule was the oldest street); in East Street, West Street, Blue Dragon Street, and Windmill Street; every gutter in every one of these thoroughfares was a little Niagara, with a maelstrom at the corner, down which such small craft as bits of orange-peel, o...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/45/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/48/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/43/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-trail-of-the-serpent-75840/chapters/11/index.md)