(Chapter 24)]
CONTENTS
I.--THE PHOTOGRAPH
II.--THE VOICE ON THE WIRE
III.--VISITORS
IV.--CRENSHAW
V.--ANOTHER WOMAN
VI.--THE GREY-STONE HOUSE
VII.--SURPRISES
VIII.--THE STORY
IX.--DECOYED
X.--SKIRMISHING
XI.--HALF A LIE
XII.--CARPENTER
XIII.--THE MARQUIS
XIV.--THE SLIP OF PAPER
XV.--IDENTIFIED
XVI.--ANOTHER LETTER
XVII.--IN THE TAXI
XVIII.--DOUBT
XIX.--MARSTON
XX.--PLAYING THE GAME
XXI.--THE KEY-WORD
XXII.--THE RATAPLAN
XXIII.--CAUGHT
XXIV.--THE CANDLE FLAME
I
THE PHOTOGRAPH
"A beautiful woman is never especially clever," Rochester remarked.
Harleston blew a smoke ring at the big drop-light on the table and
watched it swirl under the cardinal shade.
"The cleverest woman I know is also the most beautiful," he replied.
"Yes, I can name her offhand. She has all the finesse of her sex,
together with the reasoning mind; she is surpassingly good to look at,
and knows how to use her looks to obtain her end; as the occasion
demands, she can be as cold as steel or warm as a summer's night; she--"
"How are her morals?" Rochester interrupted.
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