A silent witness[COPYRIGHT]Reading editionChapter navigation25 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matter[COPYRIGHT]Chapter I · THE BEGINNING OF THE MYSTERYChapter II · THE FINDING OF THE RELIQUARYChapter III · “WHO IS SYLVIA?”Chapter IV · SEPTIMUS MADDOCK, DECEASEDChapter V · THE LETHAL CHAMBERChapter VI · A COUNCIL OF WARChapter VII · AN UNSEEN ENEMYChapter VIII · “IT’S AN ILL WIND—”Chapter IX · THORNDYKE TAKES UP THE SCENTChapter X · THE UNHEEDED WARNINGChapter XI · A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTSChapter XII · MISS VYNEChapter XIII · A MYSTERIOUS STRANGERChapter XIV · A LONELY WOMANChapter XV · EXIT DR. JARDINEChapter XVI · ENTER FATHER HUMPERDINCKChapter XVII · THE PALIMPSESTChapter XVIII · A VISITOR FROM THE STATESChapter XIX · TENEBRAEChapter XX · THE HUE AND CRYChapter XXI · THE FINAL PROBLEMChapter XXII · THORNDYKE REVIEWS THE CASETRANSCRIBER’S NOTESPrevious chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →Chapter I · THE BEGINNING OF THE MYSTERYAll chapters and sections (25)Opening pagesFront matterOther sections[COPYRIGHT]Chapters12345678910111213141516171819202122Other sectionsTRANSCRIBER’S NOTESPublished in U.S.A., 1929 By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.◇← Front matterCHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING OF THE MYSTERY →