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The Red Widow; or, the Death-Dealers of London
The story centers around Marigold Ramsay, a young woman who becomes suspicious of the odd behavior of her aunt's employer, Mr. Bernard Boyne, who leads a seemingly double life.
"The Red Widow; or, The Death-Dealers of London" by William Le Queux is a novel. The story centers around Marigold Ramsay, a young woman who becomes suspicious of the odd behavior of her aunt's employer, Mr. Bernard Boyne, who leads a seemingly double life.
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"I can't understand what it all means. The whole thing is a mystery—a great mystery! I have my suspicions—grave suspicions!" declared the pretty blue-eyed girl emphatically.
"Of what?" asked the young man strolling at her side along the sunny towing-path beside the Thames between Kew and Richmond.
"Well—I hardly know," was her hesitating response. "But I don't like auntie to remain in that house any longer, Gerald. Some evil lurks there; I'm sure of it!"
"Are you quite sure you are not mistaken, Marigold?" he asked in a dubious tone. "Are you absolutely certain that you really saw Mr. Boyne on Thursday night?"
"Why, haven't I already told you exactly what I saw?" asserted the girl excitedly. "I've related in detail all I know. And I repeat that I don't like auntie being there any longer."
"Well," said the young man, as they strolled leisurely along near the water's edge on that Sunday afternoon in summer, their intention being to take tea at Richmond, "if what you have described is an actual fact, then I certainly do think we ought to watch the man very closely."
"You don't doubt me—do you?" exclaimed the girl, with quick resentment.
"Not in the least, Marigold," he replied, halting and looking straight into her clear, almost child-like eyes. "Please do not misunderstand me. But what you have said is so extraordinary that—well, it seems all so weird and amazing!"
Contents
- 01Concerns a Man in White
- 02Who is Mrs. Braybourne?
- 03The "Game"—and its Players
- 04Progress of the Plot
- 05Contains a Note of Alarm
- 06The Locked Room In Hammersmith
- 07What Happened in Bridge Place
- 08On Loch Lomond
- 09A Gentleman named Greig
- 10More Mysterious Circumstances
- 11Spreading the Net
- 12The Person from Upstairs
- 13Relates a Strange Conversation
- 14On Saturday Night
- 15Carries the Mystery Farther
- 16Baiting the Trap
- 17"News" from Lancaster Gate
- 18The Coup and its Consequence
- 19What Happened to Gerald
- 20The Room of Evil
- 21Lost Days
- 22From out the Past
- 23The Cry in the Night
- 24Hard Pressed
- 25The Recluse
- 26"Get Rid of the Girl!"
- 27"The Day After To-Morrow"
- 28At the Window
- 29On Thin Ice
- 30Through the Darkness
- 31Conclusion
About this edition
- Author
- William Le Queux
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 42 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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