1
Chapter 1 - Crowned Heads Meet
1160
2
Chapter 2 - Arthur Doward's Scoop
716
3
Chapter 3 - Ours Is A Strange Courtship
448
4
Chapter 4 - The Night Train From Vienna
638
5
Chapter 5 - Von Behrling Has The Packet
1059
6
Chapter 6 - Von Behrling IsTempted
542
7
Chapter 7 - We Play For Great Stakes
606
8
Chapter 8 - The Hand of Misfortune
492
9
Chapter 9 - Robbing The Dead
902
10
Chapter 10 - Bellamy Is Outwitted
749
11
Chapter 11 - Von Behrling's Fate
857
12
Chapter 12 - Baron De Streuss' Proposal
719
13
Chapter 13 - Stephen Laverick's Conscience
1012
14
Chapter 14 - Arthur Morrison's Collapse
959
15
Chapter 15 - Laverick's Partner Flees
985
16
Chapter 16 - The Waiter At The Black Post
860
17
Chapter 17 - The Price of Silence
398
18
Chapter 18 - The Lonely Chorus Girl
953
19
Chapter 19 - Mysterious Inquiries
885
20
Chapter 20 - Laverick is Cross Examined
1122
21
Chapter 21 - Mademoiselle Idiale's Visit
910
22
Chapter 22 -Activity of Austrian Spies
841
23
Chapter 23 - Laverick At The Opera
806
24
Chapter 24 - A Supper Party At Luigi's
818
25
Chapter 25 - Jim Shepherd's Scare
845
26
Chapter 26 - The Document Discovered
832
27
Chapter 27 - Penetrating A Mystery
1071
28
Chapter 28 - Laverick's Narrow Escape
1245
29
Chapter 29 - Lassen's Treachery Discovered
582
30
Chapter 30 - The Contest For The Papers
971
31
Chapter 31 - Miss Lenevu's Message
954
32
Chapter 32 - Morrison Is Desperate
998
33
Chapter 33 - Laverick's Arrest
530
34
Chapter 34 - Morrison's Disclosure
947
35
Chapter 35 - Bellamy's Success
843
36
Chapter 36 - Laverick Acquitted
454
37
Chapter 37 - The Plot That Failed
827
38
Chapter 38 - A Farewell Appearance
370
Description
Havoc occurs when European countries are discussing covert alliances. The story revolves around the creation of a secret alliance between Germany, Russia, and Austria. The English hope to split Russia away by holding the Czar to his previous public commitments, but they need proof of what was done to create the pressure. All the pressures that lead to WWI are there, but the intrigues and secret treaties create an interesting background to the twists and turns of the plot. (Summary by Tom Weiss)
