CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. A CLIENT FOR PAUL HARLEY
CHAPTER II. THE SIXTH SENSE
CHAPTER III. SHADOWS
CHAPTER IV. INTRODUCING MR. NICOL BRINN
CHAPTER V. THE GATES OF HELL
CHAPTER VI. PHIL ABINGDON ARRIVES
CHAPTER VII. CONFESSIONS
CHAPTER VIII. A WREATH OF HYACINTHS
CHAPTER IX. TWO REPORTS
CHAPTER X. HIS EXCELLENCY ORMUZ KHAN
CHAPTER XI. THE PURPLE STAIN
CHAPTER XII. THE VEIL IS RAISED
CHAPTER XIII. NICOL BRINN HAS A VISITOR
CHAPTER XIV. WESSEX GETS BUSY
CHAPTER XV. NAIDA
CHAPTER XVI. NICOL BRINN GOES OUT
CHAPTER XVII. WHAT HAPPENED TO HARLEY
CHAPTER XVIII. WHAT HAPPENED TO HARLEY—CONTINUED
CHAPTER XIX. WHAT HAPPENED TO HARLEY—CONCLUDED
CHAPTER XX. CONFLICTING CLUBS
CHAPTER XXI. THE SEVENTH KAMA
CHAPTER XXII. FIRE-TONGUE SPEAKS
CHAPTER XXIII. PHIL ABINGDON’S VISITOR
CHAPTER XXIV. THE SCREEN OF GOLD
CHAPTER XXV. AN ENGLISHMAN’S HONOUR
CHAPTER XXVI. THE ORCHID OF SLEEP
CHAPTER XXVII. AT HILLSIDE
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CHASE
CHAPTER XXIX. THE CATASTROPHE
CHAPTER XXX. NICOL BRINN’S STORY OF THE CITY OF FIRE
CHAPTER XXXI. STORY OF THE CITY OF FIRE (CONTINUED)
CHAPTER XXXII. STORY OF THE CITY OF FIRE (CONTINUED)
CHAPTER XXXIII. STORY OF THE CITY OF FIRE (CONTINUED)
CHAPTER XXXIV. NICOL BRINN’S STORY (CONCLUDED)