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LOST MAN'S LANE
A SECOND EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AMELIA BUTTERWORTH
(MRS. CHARLES ROHLFS)
Author of "That Affair Next Door," "The Leavenworth Case," "The Forsaken Inn," etc.
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK & LONDON The Knickerbocker Press 1899
Copyright, 1898 BY ANNA KATHARINE ROHLFS
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London
Set up and electrotyped March, 1898. Reprinted March, 1898; April, 1898; July, 1898; Aug., 1898; Oct., 1898; Aug., 1899
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
To ELIZABETH D. SHEPARD COUSIN AND FRIEND THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LOST MAN'S LANE
BOOK I
THE KNOLLYS FAMILY
I
A VISIT FROM MR. GRYCE
II
I AM TEMPTED
III
I SUCCUMB
IV
A GHOSTLY INTERIOR
V
A STRANGE HOUSEHOLD
VI
A SOMBRE EVENING
VII
THE FIRST NIGHT
VIII
ON THE STAIRS
IX
A NEW ACQUAINTANCE
X
SECRET INSTRUCTIONS
XI
MEN, WOMEN, AND GHOSTS
XII
THE PHANTOM COACH
XIII
GOSSIP
XIV
I FORGET MY AGE, OR, RATHER, REMEMBER IT
BOOK II
THE FLOWER PARLOR
XV
LUCETTA FULFILS MY EXPECTATION OF HER
XVI
LOREEN
XVII
THE FLOWER PARLOR
XVIII
THE SECOND NIGHT
XIX
A KNOT OF CRAPE
XX
QUESTIONS
XXI
MOTHER JANE
XXII
THE THIRD NIGHT
BOOK III
FORWARD AND BACK
XXIII
ROOM 3, HOTEL CARTER
XXIV
THE ENIGMA OF NUMBERS
XXV
TRIFLES, BUT NOT TRIFLING
XXVI
A POINT GAINED
XXVII
THE TEXT WITNESSETH
XXVIII
AN INTRUSION
XXIX
IN THE CELLAR
XXX
INVESTIGATION
XXXI
STRATEGY
XXXII
RELIEF
BOOK IV
THE BIRDS OF THE AIR
XXXIII
LUCETTA
XXXIV
CONDITIONS
XXXV
THE DOVE
XXXVI
AN HOUR OF STARTLING EXPERIENCES
XXXVII
I ASTONISH MR. GRYCE AND HE ASTONISHES ME
XXXVIII
A FEW WORDS
XXXIX
UNDER A CRIMSON SKY
XL
EXPLANATIONS
EPILOGUE
SOME STRAY LEAFLETS FROM AN OLD DIARY OF ALTHEA KNOLLYS, FOUND BY ME IN THE PACKET LEFT IN MY CHARGE BY HER DAUGHTER LUCETTA.
THE END
WORKS BY Anna Katharine Green
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