A Secret Service

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William Le Queux

Being
Strange Tales of a Nihilist

BY
WILLIAM LE QUEUX
AUTHOR OF
“Zoraida,” “The Great War in England in 1897,” “Guilty Bonds,”
“Stolen Souls,” “The Temptress,” “Devil’s Dice,” &c.

SECOND EDITION

London:
Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C.
New York and Melbourne
1896

PREFACE.
WHY I BECAME A NIHILIST.
ON TRACKLESS SNOWS.
MY FRIEND, THE PRINCESS.
CHAPTER IV. THE BURLESQUE OF DEATH.
CHAPTER V. SOPHIE ZAGAROVNA’S SECRET.
CHAPTER VI. BY A VANISHED HAND.
CHAPTER VII. A ROMANCE OF THE STEPPE.
CHAPTER VIII. THE VELVET PAW.
CHAPTER IX. THE JUDAS-KISS.
AN IMPERIAL SUGAR PLUM
THE CONFESSION OF VASSILII
FALSE ZERO
THE FATE OF THE TRAITOR.
AN IKON OATH.
THE TZAR’S SPY.
THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE