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the Mayor's Parlour, by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
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Title: In the Mayor's Parlour
Author: J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
Release Date: May 11, 2008 [EBook #25424]
Language: English
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IN THE MAYOR'S PARLOUR
By J. S. FLETCHER
JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LIMITED
LONDON MCMXXII
SECOND EDITION
Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London.
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I THE MAYOR'S PARLOUR 1 II THE CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEF 14 III THE TANNERY HOUSE 27 IV BULL'S SNUG 41 V SLEEPING FIRES 53 VI THE ANCIENT OFFICE OF CORONER 67 VII THE VOLUNTARY WITNESS 80 VIII MRS. SAUMAREZ 93 IX THE RIGHT TO INTERVENE 107 X THE CAT IN THE BAG 121 XI THE NINETEEN MINUTES' INTERVAL 132 XII CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE 143 XIII A WOMAN INTERVENES 153 XIV WHOSE VOICES? 164 XV THE SPECIAL EDITION 174 XVI THE CASTLE WALL 185 XVII IMPREGNABLE 196 XVIII LOOSE STRANDS 208 XIX BLACK SECRETS AND RED TAPE 221 XX THE FELL HAND 235 XXI CORRUPTION 246 XXII THE PARLOUR-MAID