Chapter I: Front Matter

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MR. MARX'S SECRET

by

E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

Author of "Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo," "The Double Traitor," "The Illustrious Prince," etc.

With frontispiece by F. Vaux Wilson

Boston Little, Brown, and Company 1916

Published, January, 1916 Reprinted, January, 1916 (twice) February, 1916

Printers S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U.S.A.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.--News from the Pacific 11
II.--Mr. Francis 15
III.--The Murder at the Slate-Pits 18
IV.--My Mother's Warning 23
V.--Ravenor of Ravenor 27
VI.--A Doubtful Visitor 39
VII.--A Meeting and a Metamorphosis 43
VIII.--An Abode of Mystery 49
IX.--Mr. Marx 58
X.--Lady Silchester 65
XI.--The Cry in the Avenue 70
XII.--A Dark Corner in the Avenue 76
XIII.--The Cloud Between Us 81
XIV.--A Meeting in the Coffee-Room 85
XV.--A Tete-a-tete Dinner 89
XVI.--Miss Mabel Fay 93
XVII.--Behind the Scenes at the Torchester Theatre 98
XVIII.--At Midnight on the Moor 103
XIX.--A Strange Attack 111
XX.--The Monastery Among the Hills 115
XXI.--A Message from the Dead 124
XXII.--For Life 127
XXIII.--My Guardian 135
XXIV.--My First Dinner Party 138
XXV.--Mr. Marx's Warning 144
XXVI.--A Lost Photograph 148
XXVII.--Leonard de Cartienne 157
XXVIII.--"As Rome Does" 164
XXIX.--A Dinner Party Sub-rosa 169
XXX.--Ecarte with Mr. Fothergill 174
XXXI.--A Startling Discovery 182
XXXII.--Forestalled 190
XXXIII.--A Gleam of Light 195
XXXIV.--Dr. Schofield's Opinion 199
XXXV.--An Invitation 204
XXXVI.--A Metamorphosis 209
XXXVII.--Mr. Marx is Wanted 218
XXXVIII.--I Accept a Mission 223
XXXIX.--My Ride 225
XL.--My Mission 229
XLI.--The Count de Cartienne 232
XLII.--News of Mr. Marx 240
XLIII.--About Town 246
XLIV.--A Midnight Excursion to the Suburbs 252
XLV.--A Mysterious Commission 258
XLVI.--A Brush with the Police 261
XLVII.--Light at Last 264
XLVIII.--A Page of History 269
XLIX.--I will Go Alone 278
L.--I Meet my Father 280
LI.--Dawn 284
LII.--Where is Mr. Marx? 287
LIII.--Messrs. Higgenson and Co. 293
LIV.--A Raid 299
LV.--The Mystery of Mr. Marx 304
LVI.--The End of It 308

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