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THE WOMAN OF MYSTERY

BY MAURICE LEBLANC

AUTHOR OF "CONFESSIONS OF ARSENE LUPIN,"
"THE TEETH OF THE TIGER," ETC.

NEW YORK
THE MACAULAY COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1916.

BY THE MACAULAY COMPANY





CONTENTS

CHAPTER                                                 PAGE
I.      THE MURDER                                         9
II.     THE LOCKED ROOM                                   23
III.    THE CALL TO ARMS                                  39
IV.     A LETTER FROM ELISABETH                           59
V.      THE PEASANT-WOMAN AT CORVIGNY                     77
VI.     WHAT PAUL SAW AT ORNEQUIN                         94
VII.    H. E. R. M.                                      108
VIII.   ELISABETH'S DIARY                                126
IX.     A SPRIG OF EMPIRE                                141
X.      75 OR 155?                                       156
XI.     "YSERY, MISERY"                                  167
XII.    MAJOR HERMANN                                    182
XIII.   THE FERRYMAN'S HOUSE                             198
XIV.    A MASTERPIECE OF KULTUR                          220
XV.     PRINCE CONRAD MAKES MERRY                        236
XVI.    THE IMPOSSIBLE STRUGGLE                          258
XVII.   THE LAW OF THE CONQUEROR                         277
XVIII.  HILL 132                                         292
XIX.    HOHENZOLLERN                                     310
XX.     THE DEATH PENALTY--