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THE MYSTERIOUS THREE
By WILLIAM LE QUEUX
Author of "If Sinners Entice Thee," "The Room of Secrets," etc.
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON AND MELBOURNE
Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Rome and London
1915
CONTENTS
I Concerns a Visitor
II Contains Certain Revelations
III The Name of "Smithson"
IV Further Mystery
V Puts Certain Questions
VI The House in the Square
VII Treading among Shadows
VIII More Mystery
IX The Gentleman named Paulton
X Relates a Strange Incident
XI Contains some Strange News
XII Gossip from the Sunshine
XIII In the Web
XIV The Perfume
XV Within an Ace
XVI The Harvest of Fire
XVII Found in the Debris
XVIII In Which the Mask is Raised
XIX More Revelations
XX Concerns a Mysterious Light
XXI Contains a Further Surprise
XXII A Secret is Disclosed
XXIII Contains Another Revelation
XXIV A Further Tangle
XXV Towards the Truth
XXVI Mr. Smithson Again
XXVII In the Shadow
XXVIII The Unknown To-morrow
XXIX A Strange Truth is Told
CHAPTER I
CONCERNS A VISITOR
"Do you know a Mr. Smithson, Gwen?" Sir Charles Thorold asked his wife abruptly as he stood astride before the big fire in the hall.
"Smithson?" Lady Thorold answered as she poured out the tea. "No. Who is he?"
"I have no idea. Never heard of him."
Then, addressing the butler, Sir Charles asked anxiously--
"Did he leave a