A Silent Witness
The Dilated Pupils Were Insensible to the Glare
A SILENT
WITNESS
R. AUSTIN FREEMAN
Author of "The Mystery of 31, New Inn,"
"The Uttermost Farthing," etc.
Illustrated by
H. WESTON TAYLOR
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY
Publisher
Copyright,1915, by
The John C. Winston Company
To,
Dorothy Cuthbert and Gerald Bishop
In Memory of Labors that are Past and in
Token of Friendship that Endures
CONTENTS
page I. The Beginning of the Mystery 11 II. The Finding of the Reliquary 21 III. "Who Is Sylvia?" 30 IV. Septimus Maddock, Deceased 38 V. The Lethal Chamber 57 VI. A Council of War 78 VII. An Unseen Enemy 94 VIII. "It's an Ill Wind" 107 IX. Thorndyke Takes Up the Scent 124 X. The Unheeded Warning 135 XI. A Chapter of Accidents 147 XII. Miss Vyne 166 XIII. A Mysterious Stranger 182 XIV. A Lonely Woman 204 XV. Exit Dr. Jardine 224 XVI. Enter Father Humperdinck 244 XVII. The Palimpsest 272 XVIII. A Visitor From The States 292 XIX. Tenebræ 306 XX. The Hue and Cry 321 XXI. The Final Problem 338 XXII. Thorndyke Reviews the Case 358
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The Dilated Pupils Were Insensible to the Glare frontispiece Happening to Look Up, I Caught the Eye of Mrs. Samway 52 The Point Of Fixation Was Sylvia's Crucifix 196 And So I Held Her, Whispering Endearments 319
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