Your laugh
reminds me of—of——"
"Whose, Sir?" demanded Jackson, becoming suddenly grave. Jack may be capable of much that is wicked, but he
would never lift his hand against his friend,—of that I am assured. Vampires are
very lonely creatures, John. Think! Had you not better hurry back before Sir
John discovers? You are his wife right enough. ”
“Except,” said Constance, surveying her work with her head on one side, “to
keep the matches from the litter. Do you know of what I speak?”
“I do, I do!” She said. ’
‘Sport!’ grumbled her betrothed, but he accompanied them across the ballroom
all the same. He was sipping a
glass of cold gin and water, and smoking a short black pipe. The Kanaka—
which means man—is a Sandwich Islander, with a Malayan base. Both McCloskeys disappeared on the
same night, without a single trace. CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I THE CARPET-KNIGHT AND THE
7
LADY
II THE ADVENTURE OF ANNABEL
15
III ANNA? OR ANNABEL?
20
IV THE TEMPERAMENT OF AN
26
ARTIST
V “ALCIDE”
31
VI A QUESTION OF
36
IDENTIFICATION
VII MISS PELLISSIER’S SUSPICIONS
41
VIII “WHITE’S”
45
IX BRENDON’S LUCK
54
X THE TRAGEDY OF AN
61
APPETITE
XI THE PUZZLEMENT OF NIGEL
66
ENNISON
XII THE POSTER OF “ALCIDE”
70
XIII “HE WILL NOT FORGET!”
76
XIV “THIS IS MY WIFE”
81
XV A MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
89
XVI THE DISCOMFITURE OF SIR
96
JOHN
XVII THE CHANGE IN “ALCIDE”
103
XVIII ANNABEL AND “ALCIDE”
109
XIX “THIS IS NOT THE END”
115
XX ANNA’S SURRENDER
121
XXI HER SISTER’S SECRET
126
XXII AN OLD FOOL
134
XXIII MONTAGUE HILL SEES LIGHT
AT LAST
XXIV A CASE FOR THE POLICE
XXV THE STEEL EDGE OF THE
TRUTH
XXVI ANNABEL IS WARNED
XXVII JOHN FERRINGHAM,
GENTLEMAN
XXVIII THE HISSING OF “ALCIDE”
XXIX MONTAGUE HILL PLAYS THE
GAME
XXX SIR JOHN’S NECKTIE
XXXI ANNA’S TEA PARTY
XXXII SIX MONTHS AFTER
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169
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183
188
ANNA THE ADVENTURESS
Chapter I
THE CARPET-KNIGHT AND THE LADY
The girl paused and steadied herself for a moment against a field gate. The spirit I drink may be poison,—it may kill me,—perhaps it is
killing me:—but so would hunger, cold, misery,—so would my own thoughts.
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