The Firm of Girdlestone
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THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE
TO MY OLD FRIEND
PROFESSOR WILLIAM K. BURTON,
OF THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, TOKYO,
WHO FIRST ENCOURAGED ME, YEARS AGO, TO PROCEED WITH
THIS LITTLE STORY,
I DESIRE AFFECTIONATELY TO
DEDICATE IT.
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PREFACE
I cannot let this small romance go to press without prefacing it with a word of cordial thanks to Mr. P. G. Houlgrave, of 28, Millman Street, Bedford Row. To this gentleman I owe the accuracy of my African chapters, and I am much indebted to him for the copious details with which he furnished me.
A. CONAN DOYLE.
[edit] Contents
Chapter.
1 Mr. John Harston keeps an appointment.
2 Charity a la mode.
3 Thomas Gilray makes an investment. (omitted from some editions)
4 Captain Hamilton Miggs of the Black Eagle.
5 Modern Athenians.
6 A rectorial election. (Part of the previous chapter in some editions)
7 England versus Scotland.
8 A first professional.
9 A nasty cropper.
10 Dwellers in Bohemia.
11 Senior and junior.
12 A corner in diamonds.
13 Shadow and light.
14 A slight misunderstanding
15 An addition to the house.
16 The first step.
17 The land of diamonds.
18 Major Tobias Clutterbuck comes in for a thousand pounds.
19 News from the Urals.
20 Mr. Hector O'Flaherty finds something in the paper.
21 An unexpected blow.
22 Robbers and robbed.
23 A momentous resolution.
24 A dangerous promise.
25 A change of front.
26 Breaking ground.
27 Mrs. Scully of Morrison's.
28 Back in Bohemia.
29 The great dance at Morrison's.
30 At the Cock and Cowslip.
31 A crisis at Eccleston Square.
32 A conversation in the Eccleston Square Library.
33 The journey to the priory.
34 The man with the camp-stool.
35 A talk on the lawn.
36 The incident of the corridor.
37 A chase and a brawl.
38 Girdlestone sends for the doctor.
39 A gleam of light.
40 The major has a letter.
41 The clouds grow darker.
42 The three faces at the window.
43 The bait on the hook.
44 The shadow of death.
45 The invasion of Hampshire.
46 A midnight cruise.
47 Law and order.
48 Captain Hamilton Miggs sees a vision.
49 A voyage in a coffin ship.
50 Winds up the thread and ties two knots at the end.
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