Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE FELLOWSHIP
OF THE FROG

BY
EDGAR WALLACE

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON AND MELBOURNE
1926

Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
FOREWORD: THE FROGS- - - - - - - - - - - 7
I AT MAYTREE COTTAGE- - - - - - - - - - - 11
II A TALK ABOUT FROGS- - - - - - - - - - - 17
III THE FROG- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20
IV ELK- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25
V MR. MAITLAND GOES HOME- - - - - - - - - 31
VI MR. MAITLAND GOES SHOPPING- - - - - - - 41
VII A CALL ON MR. MAITLAND- - - - - - - - - 49
VIII THE OFFENSIVE RAY- - - - - - - - - - - - 58
IX THE MAN WHO WAS WRECKED- - - - - - - - - 67
X ON HARLEY TERRACE- - - - - - - - - - - - 72
XI MR. BROAD EXPLAINS- - - - - - - - - - - 79
XII THE EMBELLISHMENT OF MR. MAITLAND- - - - 83
XIII A RAID ON ELDOR STREET- - - - - - - - - 91
XIV “ALL BULLS HEAR!”- - - - - - - - - - - - 99
XV THE MORNING AFTER- - - - - - - - - - - - 103
XVI RAY LEARNS THE TRUTH- - - - - - - - - - 107
XVII THE COMING OF MILLS- - - - - - - - - - - 114
XVIII THE BROADCAST- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 118
XIX IN ELSHAM WOOD- - - - - - - - - - - - - 127
XX HAGN- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 133
XXI MR. JOHNSON’S VISITOR- - - - - - - - - - 143
XXII THE INQUIRY- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 148
XXIII A MEETING- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 154
XXIV WHY MAITLAND CAME- - - - - - - - - - - - 158
XXV IN REGARD TO SAUL MORRIS- - - - - - - - 166
XXVI PROMOTION FOR BALDER- - - - - - - - - - 172
XXVII MR. BROAD IS INTERESTING- - - - - - - - 184
XXVIII MURDER- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 190
XXIX THE FOOTMAN- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 196
XXX THE TRAMPS- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 204
XXXI THE CHEMICAL CORPORATION- - - - - - - - 215
XXXII IN GLOUCESTER PRISON- - - - - - - - - - 220
XXXIII THE FROG OF THE NIGHT- - - - - - - - - - 223
XXXIV THE PHOTO-PLAY- - - - - - - - - - - - - 233
XXXV GETTING THROUGH- - - - - - - - - - - - - 242
XXXVI THE POWER CABLE- - - - - - - - - - - - - 247
XXXVII THE GET-AWAY- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 254
XXXVIII THE MYSTERY MAN- - - - - - - - - - - - - 258
XXXIX THE AWAKENING- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 261
XL FROG- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 266
XLI IN QUARRY HOUSE- - - - - - - - - - - - - 273
XLII JOSHUA BROAD EXPLAINS- - - - - - - - - - 279