The Project Gutenberg eBook, Mr. Marx's Secret, by E. Phillips Oppenheim, Illustrated by F. Vaux Wilson

Title: Mr. Marx's Secret

Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim

Release Date: February 29, 2012 [eBook #39018]

Language: English

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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.

“I am going to put that beast out of his misery,” he answered.
Frontispiece. See page 132.

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 Tête-à-tête 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

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