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That Affair Next Door
By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
Author of "The House Of The Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "DarkHollow," Etc.
A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
114-120 East Twenty-third Street New York
PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
COPYRIGHT, 1897
BY
ANNA KATHARINE ROHLFS
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
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Transcriber's note: Minor typos have been corrected and footnotes movedto end of chapter.
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CONTENTS.
_BOOK I._
MISS BUTTERWORTH'S WINDOW.
PAGE
I.--A DISCOVERY 1
II.--QUESTIONS 14
III.--AMELIA DISCOVERS HERSELF 23
IV.--SILAS VAN BURNAM 36
V.--THIS IS NO ONE I KNOW 41
VI.--NEW FACTS 51
VII.--MR. GRYCE DISCOVERS MISS AMELIA 55
VIII.--THE MISSES VAN BURNAM 68
IX.--DEVELOPMENTS 77
X.--IMPORTANT EVIDENCE 88
XI.--THE ORDER CLERK 98
XII.--THE KEYS 114
XIII.--HOWARD VAN BURNAM 126
XIV.--A SERIOUS ADMISSION 141
XV.--A RELUCTANT WITNESS 155
_BOOK II._
THE WINDINGS OF A LABYRINTH.
XVI.--COGITATIONS 163
XVII.--BUTTERWORTH VERSUS GRYCE 170
XVIII.--THE LITTLE PINCUSHION 176
XIX.--A DECIDED STEP FORWARD 187
XX.--MISS BUTTERWORTH'S THEORY 201
XXI.--A SHREWD CONJECTURE 208
XXII.--A BLANK CARD 217
XXIII.--RUTH OLIVER 229
XXIV.--A HOUSE OF CARDS 244
XXV.--"THE RINGS! WHERE ARE THE RINGS?" 255
XXVI.--A TILT WITH MR. GRYCE 260
XXVII.--FOUND 266
XXVIII.--TAKEN ABACK 272
_BOOK III._
THE GIRL IN GRAY.
XXIX.--AMELIA BECOMES PEREMPTORY 274
XXX.--THE MATTER AS STATED BY MR. GRYCE 283
XXXI.--SOME FINE WORK 296
XXXII.--ICONOCLASM 311
XXXIII.--"KNOWN, KNOWN, ALL KNOWN" 321
XXXIV.--EXACTLY HALF-PAST THREE 329
XXXV.--A RUSE 335
_BOOK IV._
THE END OF A GREAT MYSTERY.
XXXVI.--THE RESULT 341
XXXVII.--"TWO WEEKS!" 345
XXXVIII.--A WHITE SATIN GOWN 350
XXXIX.--THE WATCHFUL EYE 357
XL.--AS THE CLOCK STRUCK 364
XLI.--SECRET HISTORY 368
XLII.--WITH MISS BUTTERWORTH'S COMPLIMENTS 395
THAT AFFAIR NEXT DOOR.
_BOOK I._
MISS BUTTERWORTH'S WINDOW.