Part 2

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