The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love
By Le Queux, William
Classic work by Le Queux, William.
Table of Contents
II. WHY THE SAFE WAS OPENED III. THE HOUSE "OVER THE WATER" IV. IN WHICH THE MYSTERY INCREASES V. CONTAINS CERTAIN CONFIDENCES VI. THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUDS VI...
HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SERVICE "There was a mysterious affair last night, signore." "Oh!" I exclaimed. "Anything that interests us?" "Yes, signore," replied the tall, thin Ital...
WHY THE SAFE WAS OPENED That day was an active one in Questura, or police office, of Leghorn. Detectives called, examined the safe, and sagely declared it to be burglar-proof, ha...
THE HOUSE "OVER THE WATER" The Mediterranean Squadron, that magnificent display of naval force that is the guarantee of peace in Europe, after a week of gay festivities in Leghorn...
IN WHICH THE MYSTERY INCREASES Neither of us spoke. Equally surprised at the unexpected encounter, we stood facing each other dumbfounded. Hornby started quickly as soon as his e...
CONTAINS CERTAIN CONFIDENCES As I dashed forward to the gap in the boundary wall of the wood, I nearly stumbled over a form lying across the narrow path. So dark was it beneath t...
THE GATHERING OF THE CLOUDS "Mr. Gregg," exclaimed the girl with agitation, as she put forth her black-gloved hand, "I--I suppose you know--you've heard all about the discovery to...
CONTAINS A SURPRISE The first object brought to light, about two feet beneath the surface, was a piece of dark gray woolen stuff which, when the mold was removed, proved to be par...
LIFE'S COUNTER-CLAIM No words of mine can express my absolute and abject amazement when I faced the man, whom I had seen lying cold and dead upon that gray stone slab in the mortu...
STRANGE DISCLOSURES ARE MADE The strange letter of Elma Heath, combined with what Lydia Moreton had told me, aroused within me a determination to investigate the mystery. From the...
I SHOW MY HAND On my return to London next day I made inquiry at the Admiralty and learned that the battleship _Bulwark_ was lying at Palermo, therefore I telegraphed to Jack Durn...
THE CASTLE OF THE TERROR The big Finn had, I found, tied up his horses, and in the heavy old boat he rowed me down the swollen river which ran swift and turbulent around a sudden ...
"THE STRANGLER" Where was Elma? What was the cause of her inexplicable disappearance into the gloomy forest while we had slept? I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my a...
A DOUBLE GAME AND ITS CONSEQUENCES I went to the railway station, and from the time-table gathered that if I left Abo by rail at noon I could be in Petersburg an hour before noon ...
HER HIGHNESS IS INQUISITIVE Instantly the danger was apparent, and instead of driving back to the hotel, I called out to the man to take me to the Moscow railway station, in order...
JUST OFF THE STRAND A week had gone by. The Nord Express had brought me posthaste across Europe from Petersburg to Calais, and I was again in London. I had left Elma in the care o...
MARKED MEN "Captain Durnford?" I inquired of the hall-porter of the club next morning. "Not here, sir." "But he slept here last night," I remarked. "I have an appointment with h...
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE "LOLA" Throughout the long night I called many times at the hospital, but the reply was always the same. Jack had not regained consciousness, and the doctor re...
CONTAINS ELMA'S STORY Before me stood my love, a slim, tragic, rather wan figure in a heavy dark traveling-coat and felt toque, her sweet lips parted and a look of bewildered amaz...