Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       CHAPTER I

       THE INN ON THE CLIFF

       CHAPTER II

       RAVENSDENE COURT

       CHAPTER III

       THE MORNING TIDE

       CHAPTER IV

       THE TOBACCO BOX

       CHAPTER V

       THE NEWS FROM DEVONPORT

       CHAPTER VI

       SECRET THEFT

       CHAPTER VII

       YELLOWFACE

       CHAPTER VIII

       WAS IT A WOMAN?

       CHAPTER IX

       THE ENLARGED PHOTOGRAPH

       CHAPTER X

       THE YELLOW SEA

       CHAPTER XI

       THE FIVE CONCLUSIONS

       CHAPTER XII

       NETHERFIELD BAXTER

       CHAPTER XIII

       THE SPOILS OF SACRILEGE

       CHAPTER XIV

       SOLOMON FISH

       CHAPTER XV

       MR. JALLANBY—SHIP BROKER

       CHAPTER XVI

       THE PATHLESS WOOD

       CHAPTER XVII

       HUMFREY DE KNAYTHVILLE

       CHAPTER XVIII

       THE PLUM CAKE

       CHAPTER XIX

       BLACK MEMORIES

       CHAPTER XX

       THE POSSIBLE REASON

       CHAPTER XXI

       THE CHINESE GENTLEMAN

       CHAPTER XXII

       RED DAWN

       CHAPTER XXIII

       THE FOURTH CHINAMAN

       CHAPTER XXIV

       THE SILK CAP

       CHAPTER XXV

       CLEAR DECKS

       THE END.

CHAPTER I

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THE INN ON THE CLIFF

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      According to an entry in my book of engagements, I left London for Ravensdene Court on March 8th, 1912. Until about a fortnight earlier I had never heard of the place, but there was nothing remarkable in my ignorance of