_Author of “When I was Czar,” “The Queen’s Advocate,” etc., etc._ _ILLUSTRATED_ WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED LONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO 1911 CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I AN UNPROPITIOUS START 9 II DEVELOPMENTS 18 III THE RECEPTION 28 IV MIRALDA 38 V INEZ 49 VI DR. BAROSA 59 VII SAMPAYO IS UNEASY 70 VIII MIRALDA’S MASK 79 IX THE INTERROGATION 90 X A DRASTIC TEST 100 XI POLICE METHODS 110 XII THE REAL “M.D.” 121 XIII MIRALDA’S CONFIDENCE 132 XIV ALONE WITH SAMPAYO 143 XV IN THE FLUSH OF SUCCESS 151 XVI BAROSA’S SECRET 161 XVII A LITTLE CHESS PROBLEM 172 XVIII DAGARA’S STORY 180 XIX SPY WORK 190 XX A NIGHT ADVENTURE ON THE RIVER 199 XXI PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT 207 XXII READY 216 XXIII ON THE _RAMPALLO_ 226 XXIV A TIGHT CORNER 235 XXV ILL NEWS 244 XXVI IN SIGHT OF VICTORY 253 XXVII DR. BAROSA SCORES 263 XXVIII “YOU SHALL DIE” 272 XXIX MIRALDA’S APPEAL 280 XXX JEALOUSY 289 XXXI A NIGHT OF TORMENT 299 XXXII A HUNDRED LASHES 309 XXXIII THE LUCK TURNS 318 XXXIV ON THE TRACK 327 XXXV THE PROBLEM OF AN EMPTY HOUSE 335 XXXVI UNTIL LIFE’S END 343 CHAPTER I AN UNPROPITIOUS START “318, RUA DE PALMA, “LISBON, “_September 20, 1907_. “My Dear Muriel,--