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HERRIARD AND ALEXIA A LESS keen observer than Gastineau might have suspected that the position of Herriard and Countess Alexia was, at any rate on Herriard’s side, rapidly exceeding that of counsel a…
THE PROFESSOR IS PUZZLED IN spite of the sceptical attitude which Gastineau seemed inclined to maintain towards it, the evidence of the man Campion, having been closely sifted and tested, was regarde…
A MAYFAIR COUNSELLOR HERRIARD had indeed much to exercise his mind that night. Thinking over his interview with Gastineau, several things puzzled him. To begin with, he was at a loss to understand hi…
THE TRAGEDY DEEPENS IT was a terrible and dismaying blow that had fallen so tragically upon the hopes of triumph and vindication. Herriard on his way to the Countess Alexia with the news—which had be…
A HALF-WON VICTORY DEPRIVED of its promised dramatic sensation scene, the trial which came on in the next week was, being mere repetition of what had been heard before, to all but the interested part…
NEARING A CRISIS “MR. HERRIARD, you are not satisfied?” “No, Countess; not altogether.” “What better result could you have hoped for?” “None, so far as the trial went. But, for your sake, I shall nev…
AMAZEMENT WHEN he left Green Street that night Herriard had become possessed of a conviction, vague yet positive, that the events of his life were moving swiftly towards a crisis. How near that crisi…
RESURRECTION HERRIARD could not have told how long the tense situation lasted. Nor could he be sure whether Gastineau saw him or not. The shock of the astounding sight seemed to have deprived him of …
HERRIARD STANDS ALONE ONCE outside the house, the tension at which Herriard’s nerves had been strung during that surprising interview relaxed, and a whirl of troubling, anxious thoughts crowded to hi…
THE SOLUTION OF THE MYSTERY “I WAS just coming to see you, Mr. Herriard, from Sir Henry Ferrars.” He handed his card, “Detective Inspector Quickjohn, New Scotland Yard.” “Ah, come in,” Herriard sai…
