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THE MYSTERY OF M. FELIX
BY
B. L. FARJEON
AUTHOR OF "GREAT PORTER SQUARE," "MISER FAREBROTHER," ETC., ETC.
NEW YORK JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY 150 Worth Street, Corner Mission Place
Copyright, 1890, by J. W. LOVELL CO.
THE MYSTERY OF M. FELIX.
CONTENTS
I. A CRY FOR HELP FLOATS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
II. THE SPECTRE CAT.
III. A THRILLING INCIDENT.
IV. A DISCUSSION ABOUT RED CATS AND WHITE SNOW.
V. DR. LAMB TELLS THE CONSTABLES AND MRS. MIDDLEMORE WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH MR. FELIX.
VI. THE "EVENING MOON" INDULGES IN A BOMBASTIC RETROSPECT, IN WHICH SOME VERY TALL AND VERY FINE WRITING WILL BE DETECTED BY THE OBSERVANT READER.
VII. AN EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN DISCREPANCIES IN THE STATEMENTS OF THE THREE PRINCIPAL WITNESSES.
VIII. A STARTLING PHASE IN THE MYSTERY.
IX. INTRODUCES SOPHY.
X. OUR REPORTER GIVES MRS. MIDDLEMORE SOME SENSIBLE ADVICE.
XI. THE "EVENING MOON" IS INUNDATED WITH CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BODY OF M. FELIX.
XII. THE REPORTER OF THE "EVENING MOON" MAKES A DISCOVERY.
XIII. THE REPORTER OF THE "EVENING MOON" GIVES SOPHY A TREAT.
XIV. SOPHY IMPARTS STRANGE NEWS TO THE REPORTER OF THE "EVENING MOON."
XV. A SINGULAR ADVENTURE ON THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.
XVI. AT THE BOW STREET POLICE STATION.
XVII. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.
XVIII. HOW THE CHARGE WAS DISPOSED OF.
XIX. WHAT WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER.
XX. MRS. MIDDLEMORE IS VICTIMIZED.
XXI. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
BOOK SECOND. A LIFE DRAMA: LINKS IN THE MYSTERY.
XXII. THE HALF-BROTHERS.
XXIII. TWO HEARTS THAT BEAT AS ONE.
XXIV. SLANDER.
XXV. LOST, OR SAVED?
XXVI. SLANDER'S FOUL TONGUE.
XXVII. LEONARD RETURNS HOME.
XXVIII. THE FALSE FRIEND.
XXIX. ON THE TRACK.
XXX. THE FLIGHT AND THE RESCUE.
XXXI. LIGHT SHINES THROUGH THE DARK CLOUDS.
XXXII. LEONARD MEETS WITH A FELLOW-SCOUNDREL.
XXXIII. A FOUL DEED.
XXXIV. DR. PETERSSEN EXPLAINS HIMSELF.
XXXV. EMILIA AND LEONARD.
XXXVI. "ONLY YOU AND I, DARLING, ONLY YOU AND I."
XXXVII. A GOOD WOMAN.
XXXVIII. CONSTANCE AND JULIAN.
XXXIX. IN ENGLAND ONCE MORE.
XL. DR. PETERSSEN REAPPEARS ON THE SCENE.
XLI. DR. PETERSSEN BRINGS M. FELIX TO BOOK.
XLII. EMILIA AND M. FELIX.
BOOK THIRD WHAT BECAME OF M. FELIX, AS RELATED IN THE FIRST PERSON BY ROBERT AGNOLD, ON THE REPORTING STAFF OF THE "EVENING MOON."
XLIII. ROBERT AGNOLD TAKES UP THE THREADS OF THE STORY.
XLIV. EMILIA RETRACES THE OLD ROADS.
XLV. DR. PETERSSEN IS TRACKED.
XLVI. I ENTER INTO AN ARRANGEMENT WITH SOPHY.
XLVII. I RECEIVE A STRANGE VISITOR.
XLVIII. SOPHY ENTERS DR. PETERSSEN'S ESTABLISHMENT AS A FRIENDLY PATIENT.
XLIX. M. BORDIER JOINS THE HUNT.
L. CLEVER SOPHY.
LI. SOPHY MAKES A STRANGE STATEMENT.
LII. THE GHOST OF M. FELIX.
LIII. THE PORTRAIT OF GERALD PAGET.
LIV. OBTAIN AN EXPLANATION FROM EMILIA.
LV. TREACHERY.
LVI. NIGHT IN DEERING WOODS.
LVII. THE CAVERN IN THE CLIFF.
LVIII. FRIENDS TO THE RESCUE.
LIX. FROM THE COLUMNS OF THE "THE EVENING MOON," UNDER THE HEADING, "THE MYSTERY OF M. FELIX SOLVED."
LX. ROBERT AGNOLD'S LAST WORDS.