Produced by Suzanne Shell, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net That Affair Next Door By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN Author of "The House Of The Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "Dark Hollow," Etc. A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 114-120 East Twenty-third Street New York PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS COPYRIGHT, 1897 BY ANNA KATHARINE ROHLFS Entered at Stationers' Hall, London The Knickerbocker Press, New York * * * * * Transcriber's note: Minor typos have been corrected and footnotes moved to end of chapter. * * * * * CONTENTS. _BOOK I._ MISS BUTTERWORTH'S WINDOW. PAGE I.--A DISCOVERY 1 II.--QUESTIONS 14 III.--AMELIA DISCOVERS HERSELF 23 IV.--SILAS VAN BURNAM 36 V.--THIS IS NO ONE I KNOW 41 VI.--NEW FACTS 51 VII.--MR. GRYCE DISCOVERS MISS AMELIA 55 VIII.--THE MISSES VAN BURNAM 68 IX.--DEVELOPMENTS 77 X.--IMPORTANT EVIDENCE 88 XI.--THE ORDER CLERK 98 XII.--THE KEYS 114 XIII.--HOWARD VAN BURNAM 126 XIV.--A SERIOUS ADMISSION 141 XV.--A RELUCTANT WITNESS 155 _BOOK II._ THE WINDINGS OF A LABYRINTH. XVI.--COGITATIONS 163 XVII.--BUTTERWORTH VERSUS GRYCE 170 XVIII.--THE LITTLE PINCUSHION 176 XIX.--A DECIDED STEP FORWARD 187 XX.--MISS BUTTERWORTH'S THEORY 201 XXI.--A SHREWD CONJECTURE 208 XXII.--A BLANK CARD 217 XXIII.--RUTH OLIVER 229 XXIV.--A HOUSE OF CARDS 244 XXV.--"THE RINGS! WHERE ARE THE RINGS?" 255 XXVI.--A TILT WITH MR. GRYCE 260 XXVII.--FOUND 266 XXVIII.--TAKEN ABACK 272 _BOOK III._ THE GIRL IN GRAY. XXIX.--AMELIA BECOMES PEREMPTORY 274 XXX.--THE MATTER AS STATED BY MR. GRYCE 283 XXXI.--SOME FINE WORK 296 XXXII.--ICONOCLASM 311