Chapter IV: Book III

THE VICTORY XXVIII. A SHABBY WAYFARER 229 XXIX. LANDING OF THE ENEMY AT LEITH 235 XXX. ATTACK ON EDINBURGH 243 XXXI. "THE DEMON OF WAR" 248 XXXII. FRIGHTFUL SLAUGHTER OUTSIDE GLASGOW 256 XXXIII. MARCH OF THE FRENCH ON LONDON 268 XXXIV. LOOTING IN THE SUBURBS 279 XXXV. LONDON BOMBARDED 284 XXXVI. BABYLON BURNING 291 XXXVII. FIGHTING ON THE SURREY HILLS 299 XXXVIII. NAVAL BATTLE OFF DUNGENESS 304 XXXIX. THE DAY OF RECKONING 312 XL. "FOR ENGLAND!" 324 XLI. DAWN 328

THE PLACE OF DRAGONS A MYSTERY By William Le Queux

CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I Presents a Problem 5 II Is Mainly Astonishing 12 III Shows Light from the Mist 22 IV Opens Several Questions 30 V In which the Shadow Falls 38 VI Mystery Inexplicable 44 VII Tells of Two Men 52 VIII Remains an Enigma 60 IX Describes a Night Vigil 67 X Contains a Clue 73 XI The Affair of the Seventeenth 81 XII Lola 87 XIII Relates a Strange Story 95 XIV Wherein Confession is Made 103 XV Confirms Certain Suspicions 110 XVI Where Two C's Meet 118 XVII Reveals Another Plot 125 XVIII Done in the Night 131 XIX Records Further Facts 139 [Pg 4]XX Another Discovery is Made 145 XXI Explains Lola's Fears 152 XXII The Road of Riches 160 XXIII Follows the Elusive Jules 166 XXIV Makes a Startling Disclosure 173 XXV Is More Mysterious 181 XXVI Hot-Foot Across Europe 188 XXVII Opens a Death-trap 196 XXVIII Describes a Chase 204 XXIX The House in Hampstead 212 XXX Narrates a Startling Affair 219 XXXI "Sheep of Thy Pasture" 227 XXXII The Tents of Ungodliness 235 XXXIII Discloses a Strange Truth 241 XXXIV Concerns To-day 250

THE RED WIDOW Or, The Death-Dealers Of London By William Le Queux

CONTENTS Concerns a Man in White

Who is Mrs. Braybourne?

The "Game"-and its Players

Progress of the Plot

Contains a Note of Alarm

The Locked Room In Hammersmith

What Happened in Bridge Place

On Loch Lomond

A Gentleman named Greig

More Mysterious Circumstances

Spreading the Net

The Person from Upstairs

Relates a Strange Conversation

On Saturday Night

Carries the Mystery Farther

Baiting the Trap

"News" from Lancaster Gate

The Coup and its Consequence

What Happened to Gerald

The Room of Evil

Lost Days

From out the Past

The Cry in the Night

Hard Pressed

The Recluse

"Get Rid of the Girl!"

"The Day After To-Morrow"

At the Window

On Thin Ice

Through the Darkness

THIS HOUSE TO LET By William Le Queux

CONTENTS PROLOGUE CHAPTER I