Adventure stories; Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Mystery fiction; Travel -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction
Circumstances alter cases, he murmured 43
Miss Cayley, he said, you are playing with me 50
I rose of a sudden, and ran down the hill 54
I was going to oppose you and Harold 56
He kept close at my heels 63
I was pulled up short by a mounted policeman 64
Seems I didn't make much of a job of it 66
Don't scorch, miss; don't scorch 78
How far ahead the first man? 82
I am here behind you, Herr Lieutenant 83
Let them boom or bust on it 86
His open admiration was getting quite embarrassing 91
Minute inspection 96
I felt a perfect little hypocrite 99
She invited Elsie and myself to stop with her 103
The Count 107
I thought it kinder to him to remove it altogether 110
Inch by inch he retreated 113
Never leave a house to the servants, my dear! 118
I may stay, mayn't I? 123
I advanced on my hands and knees to the edge of the precipice 129
I gripped the rope and let myself down 132
I rolled and slid down 136
There's enterprise for you 145
Painting the sign-board 148
The urbane old gentleman 150
He went on dictating for just an hour 153
He bowed to us each separately 156
I waited breathless 164
What, you here! he cried 168
He read them, cruel man, before my very eyes 174
'Tis Doctor Macloghlen, he answered 177
Too much Nile 181
Emphasis 184
Riding a camel does not greatly differ from sea-sickness 186
Her agitation was evident 189
Crouching by the rocks sat our mysterious stranger 194
An odd-looking young man 201
He turned to me with an inane smile 205
Nothing seemed to put the man down 210
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