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A QUEEN'S ERROR by CAPTAIN HENRY CURTIES Author of "The Blood Bond" "The Idol of the King"
"Tears of Angels" "The Queen's Gate Mystery"
"Out of the Shadows" Etc. Etc. London
F. V. White & Co. Ltd.
17 Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C.
1911
CONTENTS CHAP. I. A STRANGE VISIT
II. THE MAN WITH THE GLASS EYE
III. THE SECOND VISIT AND ITS RESULT
IV. I AM DETAINED
V. ARRESTED
VI. PUT TO THE TORTURE
VII. CRUFT'S FOLLY
VIII. SANDRINGHAM
IX. THE DUKE OF RITTERSHEIM
X. THE PLOT THAT FAILED
XI. THE OCEANA
XII. HELD UP
XIII. DON JUAN D'ALTA
XIV. THE CASKET
XV. THE ABBOT OF SAN JUAN
XVI. THE CONFESSION OF BROOKS
XVII. THE STEEL SAFE
XVIII. THE OLD GRAVEYARD
XIX. THE STRUGGLE IN THE TUNNEL
XX. THE DEPARTURE OF THE DUKE
XXI. MADAME LA COMTESSE
XXII. THE QUEEN'S ERROR
XXIII. THE QUEEN'S ATONEMENT
TO SWEET KATHLEEN OF BATH
A QUEEN'S ERROR
CHAPTER I A STRANGE VISIT I turned the corner abruptly and found myself in a long, dreary street;
looking in the semi fog and drizzle more desolate than those dismal
old world streets of Bath I had passed through already in my aimless
wandering; I turned sharply and came almost face to face with her. She was standing on the upper step, and the door stood open; the house
itself looked neglected and with the general appearance of having been
shut up for years. The windows were grimed with dirt, and there was
that little accumulation of dust, pieces of straw, and little scraps of
paper, under the two steps which tells of long disuse. She stood on the step, a figure slightly over the middle height,
leaning one hand on a walking stick, and her face fascinated me. It was the face of an old lady of perhaps seventy, hale and healthful,
with fresh colour on the cheeks, and bands of perfectly white hair
falling over the ears. But it was the expression which attracted me;
it was peculiarly sweet and winning. My halt could only have been momentary. I recollected myself and was
passing on, when she spoke to me. "Would you be so kind as to do me a favour, sir?" she asked. The voice was as sweet and winning as her expression; though she spoke
perfect English, yet there was the very slightest soupçon of a
foreign accent. Of what country, I could not tell. I stopped again as she spoke, and having perhaps among my friends a
little reputation for politeness to the weaker sex, especially the
older members of it for I am not by way of being a Lothario, be it
said I answered her as politely as I could. "In what way may I be of service to you?" She brought her walking stick round in front of her and leant upon it
with both hands as she made her request. She then appeared, in the
fuller light of the yellow flamed old fashioned gas lamp opposite, to
be much older than I first thought. "I want you, if you will," she said, "to come into this house for a few
minutes. I wish to ask a further favour of you which I shall then have
an opportunity of explaining, but, on the other hand, the service I
shall ask will not go unrewarded." Prepossessing though her appearance and address were, yet I hesitated. I took another long look at her open face, white hair, and very correct
old lady's black hat secured by a veil tied under her chin. It was
just such a hat as my own dear mother used to wear. "You seem to hesitate," she remarked, noting, I suppose, my delay in
answering her; "but I assure you you have nothing to fear." I took a sudden resolve, despite the many tragedies I had read of in
connection with empty houses; I would trust her. There was something about her face which conveyed confidence. "Very well," I replied, "if I can be of any use to you, I will come
in." "Thank you," she said, "then kindly follow me." She turned and held the door for me to pass in; when I was inside she
closed it, and we stood almost in complete darkness, except for the
glimmering reflected light of the yellow street lamp opposite, which
struggled in through the dirty pane of glass over the door... Continue reading book >>
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