English· 6:50:26· 31 chapters
Gilbert Greenwood and Reginald Seton are bachelors who share a flat on Great Russell Street. Neither are especially prosperous but through economies, they manage to live well. One of their hobbies is fox hunting. One night, Greenwood, on returning from a fox hunt finds a man and a young girl alongside the road. The girl appears to be exhausted and Gilbert offers assistance to the couple . Greenwood learns the man's name is Burton Blair and the girl is Mabel, his young daughter. After some food and rest, Blair relates to Greenwood that he is in search of a secret which will make him wealthy beyond his dreams and that he and his daughter have been searching for that secret for years. As the story unfolds, Burton Blair has, evidently, found his secret and become wealthy although he will share the secret with no one, not even Mabel. One day, returning from a trip, Blair is found dead on a train. The doctors believe it to be a natural death but Greenwood and Mabel suspect foul play meant to obtain the secret of his wealth. An unknown individual has been named to execute Blair's will but no one knows why. A mysterious code is discovered, one which may truly be undecipherable. Could this code hide the secret to his riches? Is Mabel completely innocent as she appeared? And Greenwood is warned that Seton may also not be reputable. Once again Le Queux weaves a tangled web of intrigue and mystery. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
The Stranger In Manchester
10:16 - Chapter 2
Contains Certain Mysterious Facts
08:41 - Chapter 3
In Which A Strange Story Is Told
15:20 - Chapter 4
Which Traverses Dangerous Ground
13:49 - Chapter 5
In Which A Mystery Becomes Considerably Increased
15:27 - Chapter 6
Concerns Three Capital A's
16:43 - Chapter 7
The Mysterious Foreigner
13:35 - Chapter 8
In Which The Truth Is Spoken
14:44 - Chapter 9
The House Of Silence
15:21 - Chapter 10
The Man Of Secrets
14:11 - Chapter 11
Which Explains The Peril Of Mabel Blair
09:45 - Chapter 12
Mr. Richard Dawson
15:00 - Chapter 13
Burton Blair's Secret Is Revealed
14:12 - Chapter 14
Gives An Expert Opinon
12:13 - Chapter 15
Certain Things We Found At Mayvill
15:35 - Chapter 16
In Which Two Curious Facts Are Established
13:44 - Chapter 17
Merely Concerns A Stranger
14:40 - Chapter 18
The Crossroads at Owston
13:10 - Chapter 19
Which Contains A Clue
14:55 - Chapter 20
The Reading Of The Record
16:30 - Chapter 21
Worse Than Death
15:06 - Chapter 22
The Mystery Of A Night's Adventure
16:14 - Chapter 23
Which Is In Many Ways Amazing
15:54 - Chapter 24
Contains A Terrible Disclosure
14:52 - Chapter 25
The Sacred Name
13:44 - Chapter 26
Face To Face
09:34 - Chapter 27
The Directions Of His Eminence
07:16 - Chapter 28
Describes A Startling Discovery
11:53 - Chapter 29
In Which A Strange Tale Is Told
10:19 - Chapter 30
The Motive And The Moral
14:03 - Chapter 31
Conclusion
03:40