Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: I think she must have seen us, even in the dim light.] A THIEF IN THE NIGHT FURTHER ADVENTURES OF A. J. RAFFLES CRICKETER AND CRACKSMAN BY E. W. HORNUNG ILLUSTRATED BY CYRUS CUNEO CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK 1906 COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY E. W. HORNUNG COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS * * * * * CONTENTS Page Out of Paradise 1 The Chest of Silver 32 The Rest Cure 58 The Criminologists' Club 88 The Field of Philippi 122 A Bad Night 156 A Trap to Catch a Cracksman 184 The Spoils of Sacrilege 216 The Raffles Relics 247 The Last Word 278 * * * * * ILLUSTRATIONS I think she must have seen us, even in the dim light Frontispiece Facing Page Raffles in the strong-room 54 It was the fire-eating and prison-inspecting colonel himself. He was ready for me, a revolver in his hand 76 Raffles was as excited as any of us now; he outstripped us all 106 He kept us laughing in his study until the chapel bells rang him out 152 The ragged trousers stripped from an evening pair 176 Down went the trap-door with a bang 232 No one can make out what this little thick velvet bag's for 260 * * * * * A Thief in the Night Out of Paradise