The Man Inside

TO THE LATE
MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE LEWIS GILLESPIE
U. S. ARMY
WHOSE KINDLY FRIENDSHIP, GENEROUS
ENCOURAGEMENT AND DISCRIMINATING CRITICISM
MADE THIS BOOK POSSIBLE
IT IS MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	“Where the Best Is Like the Worst”	1
II.	After the Ball	14
III.	A Mysterious Tragedy	19
IV.	The Broken Appointment	24
V.	Mute Testimony	36
VI.	Circumstantial Evidence	52
VII.	A Piece of Oriental Silk	59
VIII.	Kismet	71
IX.	At the State Department	87
X.	The Theft	96
XI.	Over the Tea Cups	107
XII.	A Council of War	118
XIII.	At the White House	131
XIV.	The Moth and the Flame	152
XV.	“Thornton’s Nest”	171
XVI.	A Cry in the Night	188
XVII.	The Mystery Deepens	204
XVIII.	In the Name of the Law	221
XIX.	The Accusation	231
XX.	Weaving the Web	245
XXI.	An International Intrigue	260
XXII.	The Pursuit	269
XXIII.	The End of the Quest	273
XXIV.	The Final Explanation	293

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

	FACING
	PAGE
“‘My dream! See, the panels are in the shape of a cross!’”	Frontispiece
“But Cynthia remained where she was and peeped over the butler’s shoulder”	18
“He made out a shadowy form just ahead of him and darted forward”	68
“With an exclamation he rose, and walked across the room”	234

THE MAN INSIDE

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