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HUSHED UP!
A MYSTERY OF LONDON
BY
WILLIAM LE QUEUX
LONDON EVELEIGH NASH 1911
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
I IS MAINLY SCANDALOUS
II CONCERNS TWO STRANGERS
THE STORY OF OWEN BIDDULPH
I BESIDE STILL WATERS
II TOLD IN THE NIGHT
III THE CLERGYMAN FROM HAMPSHIRE
IV THE PERIL BEYOND
V THE DARK HOUSE IN BAYSWATER
VI A GHASTLY TRUTH
VII THE FLAME OF THE CANDLE
VIII PRESENTS ANOTHER PROBLEM
IX FACE TO FACE
X CONTAINS A FURTHER SURPRISE
XI WHAT THE POLICE KNEW
XII THE WORD OF A WOMAN
XIII THE DEATH KISS
XIV OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE
XV FORBIDDEN LOVE
XVI THE MAN IN GOLD PINCE-NEZ
XVII THE MAN IN THE STREET
XVIII PROOF POSITIVE
XIX THROUGH THE MISTS
XX THE STRANGER IN THE RUE DE RIVOLI
XXI DESCRIBES AN UNWELCOME VISIT
XXII MORE MYSTERY
XXIII IN FULL CRY
XXIV AN UNFORTUNATE SLIP
XXV MORE STRANGE FACTS
XXVI "SOME SENSATIONAL REVELATIONS"
XXVII A CONTRETEMPS
XXVIII THE FRENCHMAN MAKES A STATEMENT
XXIX FURTHER REVELATIONS
XXX CONCLUSION
HUSHED UP!
PROLOGUE
I
IS MAINLY SCANDALOUS
"And he died mysteriously?"
"The doctors certified that he died from natural causes--heart failure."
"That is what the world believes, of course. His death was a nation's loss, and the truth was hushed up. But you, Phil Poland, know it. Upon the floor was found something--a cigar--eh?"
"Nothing very extraordinary in that, surely? He died while sm