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  The
  House
  Opposite

  A Mystery

  By

  Elizabeth Kent


  [Illustration]


  G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
  New York and London
  The Knickerbocker Press
  1903




  COPYRIGHT 1902
  BY
  G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

  Published, August, 1902
  Reprinted, January, 1903; March, 1903; October, 1903


  The Knickerbocker Press, New York




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER I                         PAGE
  THROUGH MY NEIGHBOUR'S WINDOWS       1

  CHAPTER II
  I AM INVOLVED IN THE CASE            7

  CHAPTER III
  A CORONER'S INQUEST                 25

  CHAPTER IV
  UNWILLING WITNESSES                 36

  CHAPTER V
  MRS. ATKINS HOLDS SOMETHING BACK    49

  CHAPTER VI
  A LETTER AND ITS ANSWER             66

  CHAPTER VII
  MR. MERRITT INSTRUCTS ME            72

  CHAPTER VIII
  AN IDENTIFICATION                   93

  CHAPTER IX
  I INSTRUCT MR. MERRITT             107

  CHAPTER X
  THE MISSING HAT                    129

  CHAPTER XI
  MADAME ARGOT'S MAD HUSBAND         148

  CHAPTER XII
  A PROFESSIONAL VISIT OUT OF TOWN   160

  CHAPTER XIII
  MR. AND MRS. ATKINS AT HOME        179

  CHAPTER XIV
  MY HYSTERICAL PATIENT              198

  CHAPTER XV
  A SUDDEN FLIGHT                    208

  CHAPTER XVI