By
A. E. W. MASON
New York
George H. Doran Company
COPYRIGHT, 1924,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
THE HOUSE OF THE ARROW
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Books by A. E. W. MASON
THE WINDING STAIR
THE FOUR FEATHERS
THE SUMMONS
THE BROKEN ROAD
MIRANDA OF THE BALCONY
CLEMENTINA
THE TURNSTILE
THE TRUANTS
AT THE VILLA ROSE
RUNNING WATER
THE COURTSHIP OF MORRICE BUCKLER
THE PHILANDERERS
LAWRENCE CLAVERING
THE WATCHERS
A ROMANCE OF WASTDALE
ENSIGN KNIGHTLEY AND OTHER TALES
FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE WORLD
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
ONE: Letters of Mark
TWO: A Cry for Help
THREE: Servants of Chance
FOUR: Betty Harlowe
FIVE: Betty Harlowe Answers
SIX: Jim Changes His Lodging
SEVEN: Exit Waberski
EIGHT: The Book
NINE: The Secret
TEN: The Clock upon the Cabinet
ELEVEN: A New Suspect
TWELVE: The Breaking of the Seals
THIRTEEN: Simon Harlowe's Treasure-room
FOURTEEN: An Experiment and a Discovery
FIFTEEN: The Finding of the Arrow
SIXTEEN: Hanaud Laughs
SEVENTEEN: At Jean Cladel's
EIGHTEEN: The White Tablet
NINETEEN: A Plan Frustrated
TWENTY: A Map and the Necklace
TWENTY-ONE: The Secret House
TWENTY-TWO: The Corona Machine
TWENTY-THREE: The Truth About the Clock on the Marquetry Cabinet
TWENTY-FOUR: Ann Upcott's Story
TWENTY-FIVE: What Happened on the Night of the 27th
TWENTY-SIX: The Façade of Notre Dame
THE HOUSE OF THE ARROW
Messrs. Frobisher & Haslitt, the solicitorson the east side of Russell Square, counted amongsttheir clients a great many who had undertakingsestablished in France; and the firm was very proud of thisbranch of its business.
"It gives us a place in history," Mr. Jeremy Haslittused to say. "For it dates from the year 1806, whenMr. James Frobisher, then our very ene