Table of Contents

       Part 1

       Chapter 1 Riceyman steps

       Chapter 2 The customer

       Chapter 3 The bookseller at home

       Chapter 4 Elsie

       Chapter 5 The gift

       Chapter 6 Mrs Arb's case

       Chapter 7 Under an umbrella

       Chapter 8 The carving-knife

       Chapter 9 Sunday morning

       Chapter 10 Riceyman Square

       Chapter 11 Elsie's home

       Chapter 12 The benefactress

       Chapter 13 The passion

       Chapter 14 A man's private life

       Part 2

       Chapter 1 The day before

       Chapter 2 Elsie's retreat

       Chapter 3 Waxworks

       Chapter 4 Vacuum

       Chapter 5 The priestess

       Chapter 6 The next day

       Part 3

       Chapter 1 Early morning

       Chapter 2 After breakfast

       Chapter 3 International

       Chapter 4 Afternoon

       Chapter 5 Tea

       Chapter 6 Evening

       Part 4

       Chapter 1 At the window

       Chapter 2 Elsie's motive

       Chapter 3 Charity

       Chapter 4 No verdict

       Chapter 5 Midnight

       Chapter 6 Henry's plot

       Chapter 7 The night-call

       Chapter 8 On the landing

       Chapter 9 Violet's victory

       Chapter 10 Departure

       Part 5

       Chapter 1 The promise

       Chapter 2 The refusal

       Chapter 3 The message to Violet

       Chapter 4 Out of the rain

       Chapter 5 The two patients

       Chapter 6 The second refusal

       Chapter 7 Malaria

       Chapter 8 A climax

       Chapter 9 The kiss

       Chapter 10 The safe

       Chapter 11 Prison

       Chapter 12 Asleep