TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

I. A WEDDING IS ANNOUNCED 5

II. VIOLET FINCH WEARS SOME FINE PEARLS AT A DANCE 9

III. PEARLS CAN BE AT ONCE VERY USEFUL AND VERY DANGEROUS 16

IV. A MARRIAGE TAKES PLACE 23

V. A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR IS CALLED IN 31

VI. ARTHUR WALSH GETS A VERY CURIOUS MESSAGE, AND SCOTLAND YARD IS SUMMONED TO A MURDER CASE 36

VII. CHIEF INSPECTOR POINTER GETS TO WORK 43

VIII. A KEY-RING IS MISSED 51

IX. POINTER FINDS THE MISSING KEYS 57

X. THE FINGERPRINTS SEEM TO LINK UP THE KEYS WITH A CERTAIN PERSON 61

XI. A MOTHER’S GRIEF DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE OVERWHELMING 70

XII. AN ADVERTISEMENT IS FOUND IN DUPLICATE 74

XIII. EVIDENCE ACCUMULATES 80

XIV. AN ALIBI GOES WEST 87

XV. MARKS OF GILDING ARE FOUND ON A CLOTH 94

XVI. ANOTHER POSSIBLE MOTIVE IS DISCOVERED 102

XVII. ARTHUR GETS A HARD KNOCK 111

XVIII. THE PEARLS ARE FOUND 116

REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 126