The trail of the serpentBook the Third.Reading editionChapter navigation56 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterMISS BRADDON’S NOVELSBook the First.Chapter I · THE GOOD SCHOOLMASTER.Chapter II · GOOD FOR NOTHING.Chapter III · THE USHER WASHES HIS HANDS.Chapter IV · RICHARD MARWOOD LIGHTS HIS PIPE.Chapter V · THE HEALING WATERS.Chapter VI · TWO CORONER’S INQUESTS.Chapter VII · THE DUMB DETECTIVE A PHILANTHROPIST.Chapter VIII · SEVEN LETTERS ON THE DIRTY ALPHABET.Chapter IX · “MAD, GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY.”Book the Second.Chapter I · BLIND PETER.Chapter II · LIKE AND UNLIKE.Chapter III · A GOLDEN SECRET.Chapter IV · JIM LOOKS OVER THE BRINK OF THE TERRIBLE GULF.Chapter V · MIDNIGHT BY THE SLOPPERTON CLOCKS.Chapter VI · THE QUIET FIGURE ON THE HEATH.Chapter VII · THE USHER RESIGNS HIS SITUATION.Book the Third.Chapter I · THE VALUE OF AN OPERA-GLASS.Chapter II · WORKING IN THE DARK.Chapter III · THE WRONG FOOTSTEP.Chapter IV · OCULAR DEMONSTRATION.Chapter V · THE KING OF SPADES.Chapter VI · A GLASS OF WINE.Chapter VII · THE LAST ACT OF LUCRETIA BORGIA.Chapter VIII · BAD DREAMS AND A WORSE WAKING.Chapter IX · A MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.Chapter X · ANIMAL MAGNETISM.Book the Fourth.Chapter I · THE BOY FROM SLOPPERTON.Chapter II · MR. AUGUSTUS DARLEY AND MR. JOSEPH PETERS GO OUT FISHING.Chapter III · THE EMPEROR BIDS ADIEU TO ELBA.Chapter IV · JOY AND HAPPINESS FOR EVERYBODY.Chapter V · THE CHEROKEES TAKE AN OATH.Chapter VI · MR. PETERS RELATES HOW HE THOUGHT HE HAD A CLUE, AND HOW HE LOST IT.Book the Fifth.Chapter I · THE COUNT DE MAROLLES AT HOME.Chapter II · MR. PETERS SEES A GHOST.Chapter III · THE CHEROKEES MARK THEIR MAN.Chapter IV · THE CAPTAIN, THE CHEMIST, AND THE LASCAR.Chapter V · THE NEW MILKMAN IN PARK LANE.Chapter VI · SIGNOR MOSQUETTI RELATES AN ADVENTURE.Chapter VII · THE GOLDEN SECRET IS TOLD, AND THE GOLDEN BOWL IS BROKEN.Chapter VIII · ONE STEP FURTHER ON THE RIGHT TRACK.Chapter IX · CAPTAIN LANSDOWN OVERHEARS A CONVERSATION WHICH APPEARS TO INTEREST HIM.Book the Sixth.Chapter I · FATHER AND SON.Chapter II · RAYMOND DE MAROLLES SHOWS HIMSELF BETTER THAN ALL BOW STREET.Chapter III · THE LEFT-HANDED SMASHER MAKES HIS MARK.Chapter IV · WHAT THEY FIND IN THE ROOM IN WHICH THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED.Chapter V · MR. PETERS DECIDES ON A STRANGE STEP, AND ARRESTS THE DEAD.Chapter VI · THE END OF THE DARK ROAD.Chapter VII · FAREWELL TO ENGLAND.Previous chapter ←Chapter VII · THE USHER RESIGNS HIS SITUATION.Next chapter →Chapter I · THE VALUE OF AN OPERA-GLASS.All chapters and sections (56)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsMISS BRADDON’S NOVELSBook the First.Chapters123456789Other sectionsBook the Second.Chapters1234567Other sectionsBook the Third.Chapters12345678910Other sectionsBook the Fourth.Chapters123456Other sectionsBook the Fifth.Chapters123456789Other sectionsBook the Sixth.Chapters1234567HOLY INSTITUTION.◇← CHAPTER VII. THE USHER RESIGNS HIS SITUATION.CHAPTER I. THE VALUE OF AN OPERA-GLASS. →