A THIEF IN THE NIGHT FURTHER ADVENTURES OF A. J. RAFFLES CRICKETER AND CRACKSMAN By E. W. Hornung ILLUSTRATED BY CYRUS CUNEO 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 THE SHADOW OF A MAN By E. W. Hornung CONTENTS Page I. The Belle of Toorak 1 II. Injury 14 III. Insult 28 IV. Bethune of the Hall 39 V. A Red Herring 58 VI. Below Zero 67 VII. A Cavalier 84 VIII. The Kind of Life 97 IX. Pax in Bello 120 X. The Truth by Inches 134 XI. Bethune v. Bethune 147 XII. An Escapade 166 XIII. Blind Man's Block 180 XIV. His Own Coin 196 XV. The Fact of the Matter 206 WITCHING HILL By E. W. Hornung CONTENTS CHAPTER I UNHALLOWED GROUND CHAPTER II THE HOUSE WITH RED BLINDS CHAPTER III A VICIOUS CIRCLE CHAPTER IV THE LOCAL COLOUR CHAPTER V THE ANGEL OF LIFE CHAPTER VI UNDER ARMS CHAPTER VII THE LOCKED ROOM CHAPTER VIII THE TEMPLE OF BACCHUS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "You won't improve his chances by keeping anything back." I saw a bedizened beauty go mad before my eyes. I drove Delavoye before me. A handsome, sinister creature, in a brown flowing wig and raiment as fine as any on the walls. Trying to tug the fierce moustache out of his mild face. A heavy blackthorn held in murderous poise. His thin arms locked round the neck of the young nurse. Delavoye fired over my head. AT LARGE E. W. Hornung CONTENTS A Nucleus of Fortune 1 Sundown 11 After Four Years 20 How Dick Came Home 28 The First Evening at Graysbrooke 41 Sisyphus 53 South Kensington 64 The Admirable Miles 72 A Dancing Lesson and its Consequences 86 An Old Friend and an Old Memory 98 Dressing, Dancing, Looking on 109 "To-Morrow, and To-Morrow, and To-Morrow" 123 In Bushey Park 132 Quits 152 The Morning After 163 Military Manœuvres 174 "Miles's Beggars" 185 Alice Speaks for Herself 196 Conterminous Courses 206 Strange Humility 216 An Altered Man 227 Extremities 234 The Effect of a Photograph 244 The Effect of a Song 256 Melmerbridge Church 271 At Bay 286 The Fatal Tress 296 The Effort 307 Elizabeth Ryan 313 Sweet Revenge 325 The Charity of Silence 333 Suspense: Reaction 343 How Dick Said Good-Bye 353 PECCAVI By E. W. Hornung