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THE SECRET PASSAGE by Fergus Hume
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. THE COTTAGE
II. THE CRIME
III. A MYSTERIOUS DEATH
IV. DETAILS
V. LORD CARANBY'S ROMANCE
VI. A PERPLEXING CASE
VII. THE DETECTIVE
VIII. THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE
IX. ANOTHER MYSTERY
X. THE PARLOR-MAID'S STORY
XI. ON THE TRACK
XII. JENNINGS ASKS QUESTIONS
XIII. JULIET AT BAY
XIV. MRS. OCTAGON EXPLAINS
XV. A DANGEROUS ADMISSION
XVI. JULIET'S STORY
XVII. JULIET'S STORY CONTINUED
XVIII. THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS
XIX. SUSAN'S DISCOVERY
XX. BASIL
XXI. AN EXPERIMENT
XXII. THE SECRET ENTRANCE
XXIII. A SCAMP'S HISTORY
XXIV. REVENGE
XXV. NEMESIS
XXVI. CUTHBERT'S ENEMY
THE SECRET PASSAGE
CHAPTER I
THE COTTAGE
"What IS your name?"
"Susan Grant, Miss Loach."
"Call me ma'am. I am Miss Loach only to my equals. Your
age?"
"Twenty-five, ma'am."
"Do you know your work as parlor-maid thoroughly?"
"Yes, ma'am. I was two years in one place and six months in
another, ma'am. Here are my characters from both places,
ma'am."
As the girl spoke she laid two papers before the sharp old
lady who questioned her. But Miss Loach did not look at them
immediately. She examined the applicant with such close
attention that a faint color tinted the girl's cheeks and she
dropped her eyes.
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