The Circular Staircase
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THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE
By
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Publishers New York
By arrangement with Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.
COPYRIGHT, 1908,
BY THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONTENTS
chapter page I—I Take a Country House 9 II—A Link Cuff-Button 19 III—Mr. John Bailey Appears 29 IV—Where is Halsey? 35 V—Gertrude's Engagement 43 VI—In the East Corridor 51 VII—A Sprained Ankle 59 VIII—The Other Half of the Link 68 IX—Just Like a Girl 80 X—The Traders' Bank 90 XI—Halsey Makes a Capture 99 XII—One Mystery for Another 105 XIII—Louise 115 XIV—An Egg-Nog and a Telegram 129 XV—Liddy Gives the Alarm 136 XVI—In the Early Morning 143 XVII—A Hint of Scandal 149 XVIII—A Hole in the Wall 159 XIX—Concerning Thomas 167 XX—Doctor Walker's Warning 173 XXI—Fourteen Elm Street 181 XXII—A Ladder Out of Place 193 XXIII—While the Stables Burned 199 XXIV—Flinders 208 XXV—A Visit from Louise 215 XXVI—Halsey's Disappearance 225 XXVII—Who is Nina Carkington? 235 XXVIII—A Tramp and the Toothache 242 XXIX—A Scrap of Paper 251 XXX—When Churchyards Yawn 260 XXXI—Between Two Fireplaces 267 XXXII—Anne Watson's Story 273 XXXIII—At the Foot of the Stairs 280 XXXIV—The Odds and Ends 293
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