Mr. Marx's Secret
E. Phillips Oppenheim
BY
E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
Author of “Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo,” “The Double Traitor,” “The Illustrious Prince,” etc.
WITH FRONTISPIECE BY
F. VAUX WILSON
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BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1916
Published, January, 1916
Reprinted, January, 1916 (twice)
February, 1916
Printers
S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U.S.A.
“I am going to put that beast out of his misery,” he answered.
“I am going to put that beast out of his misery,” he answered.
Frontispiece.
See page 132.
- NEWS FROM THE PACIFIC.
- MR. FRANCIS.
- THE MURDER AT THE SLATE-PITS.
- MY MOTHER’S WARNING.
- RAVENOR OF RAVENOR.
- A DOUBTFUL VISITOR.
- A MEETING AND A METAMORPHOSIS.
- AN ABODE OF MYSTERY.
- MR. MARX.
- LADY SILCHESTER.
- THE CRY IN THE AVENUE.
- A DARK CORNER IN THE AVENUE.
- THE CLOUD BETWEEN US.
- A MEETING IN THE COFFEE-ROOM.
- A TÊTE-À-TÊTE DINNER.
- MISS MABEL FAY.
- BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE TORCHESTER THEATRE.
- AT MIDNIGHT ON THE MOOR.
- A STRANGE ATTACK.
- THE MONASTERY AMONG THE HILLS.
- A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD.
- FOR LIFE.
- MY GUARDIAN.
- MY FIRST DINNER PARTY.
- MR. MARX’S WARNING.
- A LOST PHOTOGRAPH.
- LEONARD DE CARTIENNE.
- “AS ROME DOES.”
- A DINNER-PARTY SUB ROSA.
- ECARTÉ WITH MR. FOTHERGILL.
- A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
- FORESTALLED.
- A GLEAM OF LIGHT.
- DR. SCHOFIELD’S OPINION.
- AN INVITATION.
- A METAMORPHOSIS.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. MR. MARX IS WANTED.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. I ACCEPT A MISSION.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. MY RIDE.
- CHAPTER XL. MY MISSION.
- CHAPTER XLI. THE COUNT DE CARTIENNE.
- CHAPTER XLII. NEWS OF MR. MARX.
- CHAPTER XLIII. ABOUT TOWN.
- CHAPTER XLIV. A MIDNIGHT EXCURSION TO THE SUBURBS.
- CHAPTER XLV. A MYSTERIOUS COMMISSION.
- CHAPTER XLVI. A BRUSH WITH THE POLICE.
- CHAPTER XLVII. LIGHT AT LAST.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. A PAGE OF HISTORY.
- CHAPTER XLIX. I WILL GO ALONE.
- CHAPTER L. I MEET MY FATHER.
- CHAPTER LI. DAWN.
- CHAPTER LII. WHERE IS MR. MARX?
- CHAPTER LIII. MESSRS. HIGGENSON AND CO.
- CHAPTER LIV. A RAID.
- CHAPTER LV. THE MYSTERY OF MR. MARX.
- CHAPTER LVI. THE END OF IT.
- Transcriber’s Note
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