Library
Search
57 Chapters
ANOTHER STROKE IN THE DARKNESS Contrary to the usual custom, there was almost a marked cheerfulness at Ravenspur the same evening. The dread seemed to have lifted slightly, though nobody could say wh…
GEOFFREY IS PUT TO THE TEST The house was quiet at last. When these mysterious things had first happened, fear and alarm had driven sleep from every eye, and many was the long night the whole family …
REELING OFF THE THREAD It was fortunate for all parties that Geoffrey was possessed of strong nerves, or he would have been certain to betray himself and them. Since he had left school at the time wh…
"IT MIGHT BE YOU" Marion caught her breath quickly. The marble pallor of her face showed up more strongly against her dark hair. Geoffrey caught the look and his eyes grew sympathetic. &quo…
RALPH RAVENSPUR'S CONCEIT "I should like to know why you wanted the ivory picture?" It was Geoffrey who asked the question. He and Ralph Ravenspur were moving along the lanes that led …
THE WHITE FLOWERS Surely enough, when Ralph Ravenspur came into the great hall, where tea was being served, he was wearing a pair of dark glasses, with gold rims. Slight as the alteration was in itse…
WHENCE DID THEY COME? In the darkness nobody spoke for a moment. Not one of them could have said anything for a king's ransom. Apart from the feeling of suffocation, the gradual poppy sleep of d…
MRS. MONA MAY Geoffrey was slightly puzzled but, like a good soldier, he asked no questions. More and more he was coming to recognize that it was Ralph's to command and his to obey. Doubtless Ra…
VERA IS NOT PLEASED Any stranger looking along the terrace at Ravenspur would have been inclined to envy the lot of those who had their habitation there. It looked so grand, so dignified, so peaceful…
A FASCINATING WOMAN Mrs. Jessop's simple parlor had been transformed beyond recognition. The fine Chippendale furniture had been brought forward; the gaudy settees and sofas had been covered wit…
