CONTENTS

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I. "LET THEM GET WHO HAVE THE POWER, AND LET THEM KEEP WHO CAN" 7
II. CONCERNING THE GREUZE, SOME GENTILES AND A JEW 22
III. THE MAKING OF A CRIMINAL 33
IV. THE REFLECTIONS OF LYNTON HORA 42
V. THE COMMANDATORE MAKES A DEDUCTION 52
VI. WHEREIN A KING'S MESSENGER IS DESPOILED OF HIS DESPATCHES 62
VII. MERIEL MAKES AN IMPRESSION 76
VIII. A SUCCESSFUL SPECULATION AND ITS RESULTS 87
IX. CONCERNING A GREAT MAN'S VEXATION 97
X. A NEW VIEW OF THE FLURSCHEIM ROBBERY 105
XI. GUY FINDS A NEW HOME 116
XII. INSPECTOR KENLY'S LODGER 128
XIII. POISONED WORDS 137
XIV. THE SHADOW-MAN 146
XV. INSPECTOR KENLY FINDS A CLUE 157
XVI. GUY MAKES A RESOLUTION 168
XVII. STAR-DUST 177
XVIII. CORNELIUS JESSEL DREAMS OF A FORTUNE 190
XIX. INSPECTOR KENLY REPORTS 201
XX. GUY'S LAST THEFT 213
XXI. EXPECTATION 224
XXII. TEMPTATION 235
XXIII. A FRIEND IN ADVERSITY 248
XXIV. INSPECTOR KENLY CONTEMPLATES ACTION 258
XXV. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS 269
XXVI. CAPTAIN MARVEN'S SURPRISE PACKET 280
XXVII. DUTY CALLS 289
XXVIII. THE FRUITS OF A CRIMINAL PHILOSOPHY 300
  L'ENVOI 312