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The Beetle: A Mystery
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- Literature & Fiction
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- English
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From the opening
CHAPTER I. OUTSIDE
CHAPTER II. INSIDE
CHAPTER III. THE MAN IN THE BED
CHAPTER IV. A LONELY VIGIL
CHAPTER V. AN INSTRUCTION TO COMMIT BURGLARY
CHAPTER VI. A SINGULAR FELONY
CHAPTER VII. THE GREAT PAUL LESSINGHAM
CHAPTER VIII. THE MAN IN THE STREET
CHAPTER IX. THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKET
CHAPTER X. REJECTED
CHAPTER XI. A MIDNIGHT EPISODE
CHAPTER XII. A MORNING VISITOR
CHAPTER XIII. THE PICTURE
CHAPTER XIV. THE DUCHESS’ BALL
CHAPTER XV. MR LESSINGHAM SPEAKS
CHAPTER XVI. ATHERTON’S MAGIC VAPOUR
CHAPTER XVII. MAGIC?--OR MIRACLE?
CHAPTER XVIII. THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE BEETLE
CHAPTER XIX. THE LADY RAGES
CHAPTER XX. A HEAVY FATHER
CHAPTER XXI. THE TERROR IN THE NIGHT
CHAPTER XXII. THE HAUNTED MAN
CHAPTER XXIII. THE WAY HE TOLD HER
CHAPTER XXIV. A WOMAN’S VIEW
CHAPTER XXV. THE MAN IN THE STREET
CHAPTER XXVI. A FATHER’S NO
CHAPTER XXVII. THE TERROR BY NIGHT
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE STRANGE STORY OF THE MAN IN THE STREET
CHAPTER XXIX. THE HOUSE ON THE ROAD FROM THE WORKHOUSE
CHAPTER XXX. THE SINGULAR BEHAVIOUR OF MR HOLT
CHAPTER XXXI. THE TERROR BY DAY
CHAPTER XXXII. A NEW CLIENT
CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT CAME OF LOOKING THROUGH A LATTICE
CHAPTER XXXIV. AFTER TWENTY YEARS
CHAPTER XXXV. A BRINGER OF TIDINGS
CHAPTER XXXVI. WHAT THE TIDINGS WERE
CHAPTER XXXVII. WHAT WAS HIDDEN UNDER THE FLOOR
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE REST OF THE FIND
CHAPTER XXXIX. MISS LOUISA COLEMAN
CHAPTER XL. WHAT MISS COLEMAN SAW THROUGH THE WINDOW
CHAPTER XLI. THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB
CHAPTER XLII. THE QUARRY DOUBLES
CHAPTER XLIII. THE MURDER AT MRS ’ENDERSON’S
CHAPTER XLIV. THE MAN WHO WAS MURDERED
CHAPTER XLV. ALL THAT MRS ’ENDERSON KNEW
CHAPTER XLVI. THE SUDDEN STOPPING
CHAPTER XLVII. THE CONTENTS OF THE THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGE
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER
To have tramped about all day looking for work; to have begged even for
a job which would give me money enough to buy a little food; and to
have tramped and to have begged in vain,--that was bad.
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