THE LEAVENWORTH CASE A LAWYER’S STORY By Anna Katharine Green [Illustration: “I did not go, but stood watching the firelight flicker on her black dress”] CONTENTS BOOK I. THE PROBLEM PAGE I. “A GREAT CASE” 1 II. THE CORONER’S INQUEST 11 III. FACTS AND DEDUCTIONS 17 IV. A CLUE 36 V. EXPERT TESTIMONY 43 VI. SIDE-LIGHTS 51 VII. MARY LEAVENWORTH 57 VIII. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE 65 IX. A DISCOVERY 80 X. MR. GRYCE RECEIVES NEW IMPETUS 90 XI. THE SUMMONS 101 XII. ELEANORE 108 XIII. THE PROBLEM 115 BOOK II. HENRY CLAVERING XIV. MR. GRYCE AT HOME 123 XV. WAYS OPENING 136 XVI. THE WILL OF A MILLIONAIRE 146 XVII. THE BEGINNING OF GREAT SURPRISES 151 XVIII. ON THE STAIRS 162 XIX. IN MY OFFICE 170 XX. “TRUEMAN! TRUEMAN! TRUEMAN!” 177 XXI. A PREJUDICE 183 XXII. PATCH-WORK 191 XXIII. THE STORY OF A CHARMING WOMAN 210 XXIV. A REPORT FOLLOWED BY SMOKE 220 XXV. TIMOTHY COOK 230 XXVI. MR. GRYCE EXPLAINS HIMSELF 239 BOOK III. HANNAH XXVII. AMY BELDEN 251 XXVIII. A WEIRD EXPERIENCE 258 XXIX. THE MISSING WITNESS 272 XXX. BURNED PAPER 278 XXXI. Q 285 XXXII. MRS. BELDEN’S NARRATIVE 296 XXXIII. UNEXPECTED TESTIMONY 325 BOOK IV. THE PROBLEM SOLVED XXXIV. MR. GRYCE RESUMES CONTROL 332 XXXV. FINE WORK 351 XXXVI. GATHERED THREADS 364 XXXVII. CULMINATION 373 XXXVIII. A FULL CONFESSION 384 XXXIX. THE OUTCOME OF A GREAT CRIME 405 Illustrations PAGE “I did not go, but stood watching the firelight flicker on her black dress” Frontispiece “What was my astonishment to come upon Miss Eleanore Leavenworth standing at the side of her uncle’s bed, with his pistol in her hand” 48