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The Double Four, by E. Phillips Oppenheim
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Title: The Double Four
Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
Release Date: February 15, 2009 [EBook #28091]
Language: English
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THE DOUBLE FOUR
By E. Phillips Oppenheim
CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto & Melbourne First published September 1911. Reprinted October 1911. Shilling Edition April 1913. Reprinted February 1917.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS
1. THE DESIRE OF MADAME
2. THE AMBASSADOR'S WIFE
3. THE MAN FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
4. THE FIRST SHOT
5. THE SEVEN SUPPERS OF ANDREA KORUST
6. THE MISSION OF MAJOR KOSUTH
7. THE GHOSTS OF HAVANA HARBOUR
8. AN ALIEN SOCIETY
9. THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN
10. THE THIRTEENTH ENCOUNTER
CHAPTER I
THE DESIRE OF MADAME
"It is the desire of Madame that you should join our circle here on Thur