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That Affair Next Door

By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

Author of "The House Of The Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "Dark Hollow," 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

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 moved to end of chapter.

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CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

MISS BUTTERWORTH'S WINDOW.

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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