CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE LONE PASSENGER
CHAPTER II. THE FIGHT IN THE WOOD
CHAPTER III. A COINCIDENCE
CHAPTER IV. A WOMAN WEEPS
CHAPTER V. A WOMAN AND A MAN
CHAPTER VI. A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER VII. QUESTION AND ANSWER
CHAPTER VIII. CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE
CHAPTER IX. THE ATTIC OF MYSTERY
CHAPTER X. THE NEW GARDENER
CHAPTER XI. THE PROBLEM
CHAPTER XII. AN AVOWAL
CHAPTER XIII. INVISIBLE WRITING
CHAPTER XIV. LOVE-MAKING AT NIGHT
CHAPTER XV. THE SOUND OF A SHOT
CHAPTER XVI. IN THE WOOD
CHAPTER XVII. A DECLARATION
CHAPTER XVIII. ROBERT DUNN'S ENEMY
CHAPTER XIX. THE VISIT TO WRESTE ABBEY
CHAPTER XX. ELLA'S WARNING
CHAPTER XXI. DOUBTS AND FEARS
CHAPTER XXII. PLOTS AND PLAYS
CHAPTER XXIII. COUNTER-PLANS
CHAPTER XXIV. AN APHORISM
CHAPTER XXV. THE UNEXPECTED
CHAPTER XXVI. A RACE AGAINST TIME
CHAPTER XXVII. FLIGHT AND PURSUIT
CHAPTER XXVIII. BACK AT BITTERMEADS
CHAPTER XXIX. THE ATTIC
CHAPTER XXX. SOME EXPLANATIONS
CHAPTER XXXI. CONCLUSION