CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. A SPY’S DUTY
CHAPTER II. QUESTIONS
CHAPTER III. IN THE GABLE WINDOW
CHAPTER IV. LIGHTS—SOUNDS
CHAPTER V. THE STRANGE NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR
CHAPTER VI. AT THE STAIR-HEAD
CHAPTER VII. A MOVING SHADOW
CHAPTER VIII. THE PARAGRAPH
CHAPTER IX. SCRAPS
CHAPTER X. A GLIMMER OF THE TRUTH
CHAPTER XI. BESS
CHAPTER XII. SEARCHINGS
CHAPTER XIII. A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XIV. I SEEK HELP
CHAPTER XV. HARDLY A COINCIDENCE
CHAPTER XVI. IN THE LIBRARY
CHAPTER XVII. THE TWO WEIRD SISTERS
CHAPTER XVIII. THE MORNING NEWS
CHAPTER XIX. THE CRY FROM THE STAIRS
CHAPTER XX. EXPLANATION
CHAPTER XXI. THE CIPHER
CHAPTER XXII. MERCY
CHAPTER XXIII. THE WIFE’S TALE
CHAPTER XXIV. THE SINS OF THE FATHERS
CHAPTER XXV. THE FINGER ON THE WALL
CHAPTER XXVI. "BITTER AS THE GRAVE”
CHAPTER XXVII. A CHILD’S PLAYTHINGS
CHAPTER XXVIII. RESTITUTION
I am not without self-control, yet when Miss Davies entered the room with that air of importance she invariably assumes when she has an unusually fine position to offer, I could not hide all traces of my anxiety.
I needed a position, needed it badly, while the others—
But her eyes are on our faces, she is scanning us all with that close and calculating gaze which lets nothing escape. She has passed me by—my heart goes down, down—when suddenly her look returns and she singles me out.
“Miss Saunders.” Then, “I have a word to say to you.”
There is a rustle about me; five disappointed girls sink back into their seats as I quickly rise and follow Miss