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The Trail of the Serpent

Book the First. A RESPECTABLE YOUNG MAN.
◦CHAPTER I. THE GOOD SCHOOLMASTER.
◦CHAPTER II. GOOD FOR NOTHING.
◦CHAPTER III. THE USHER WASHES HIS HANDS.
◦CHAPTER IV. RICHARD MARWOOD LIGHTS HIS PIPE.
◦CHAPTER V. THE HEALING WATERS.
◦CHAPTER VI. TWO CORONER'S INQUESTS.
◦CHAPTER VII. THE DUMB DETECTIVE A PHILANTHROPIST.
◦CHAPTER VIII SEVEN LETTERS ON THE DIRTY ALPHABET.
◦CHAPTER IX. "MAD, GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY."
•Book the Second. A CLEARANCE OF ALL SCORES.
◦CHAPTER I. BLIND PETER.
◦CHAPTER II. LIKE AND UNLIKE.
◦CHAPTER III. A GOLDEN SECRET.
◦CHAPTER IV. JIM LOOKS OVER THE BRINK OF THE TERRIBLE GULF.
◦CHAPTER V. MIDNIGHT BY THE SLOPPERTON CLOCKS.
◦CHAPTER VI. THE QUIET FIGURE ON THE HEATH.
◦CHAPTER VII. THE USHER RESIGNS HIS SITUATION.
•Book the Third. HOLY INSTITUTION.
◦CHAPTER I. THE VALUE OF AN OPERA-GLASS.
◦CHAPTER II. WORKING IN THE DARK.
◦CHAPTER III. THE WRONG FOOTSTEP.
◦CHAPTER IV. OCULAR DEMONSTRATION.
◦CHAPTER V. THE KING OF SPADES.
◦CHAPTER VI. A GLASS OF WINE.
◦CHAPTER VII. THE LAST ACT OF LUCRETIA BORGIA.
◦CHAPTER VIII. BAD DREAMS AND A WORSE WAKING.
◦CHAPTER IX. A MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.
◦CHAPTER X. ANIMAL MAGNETISM.
•Book the Fourth. NAPOLEON THE GREAT.
◦CHAPTER I. THE BOY FROM SLOPPERTON.
◦CHAPTER II. MR. AUGUSTUS DARLEY AND MR. JOSEPH PETERS GO OUT FISHING.
◦CHAPTER III. THE EMPEROR BIDS ADIEU TO ELBA.
◦CHAPTER IV. JOY AND HAPPINESS FOR EVERYBODY.
◦CHAPTER V. THE CHEROKEES TAKE AN OATH.
◦CHAPTER VI. MR. PETERS RELATES HOW HE THOUGHT HE HAD A CLUE, AND HOW HE LOST IT.
•Book the Fifth. THE DUMB DETECTIVE.
◦CHAPTER I. THE COUNT DE MAROLLES AT HOME.
◦CHAPTER II. MR. PETERS SEES A GHOST.
◦CHAPTER III. THE CHEROKEES MARK THEIR MAN.
◦CHAPTER IV. THE CAPTAIN, THE CHEMIST, AND THE LASCAR.
◦CHAPTER V. THE NEW MILKMAN IN PARK LANE.
◦CHAPTER VI. SIGNOR MOSQUETTI RELATES AN ADVENTURE.
◦CHAPTER VII. THE GOLDEN SECRET IS TOLD, AND THE GOLDEN BOWL IS BROKEN.
◦CHAPTER VIII. ONE STEP FURTHER ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
◦CHAPTER IX. CAPTAIN LANSDOWN OVERHEARS A CONVERSATION WHICH APPEARS TO INTEREST HIM.
•Book the Sixth. ON THE TRACK.
◦CHAPTER I. FATHER AND SON.
◦CHAPTER II. RAYMOND DE MAROLLES SHOWS HIMSELF BETTER THAN ALL BOW STREET.
◦CHAPTER III. THE LEFT-HANDED SMASHER MAKES HIS MARK.
◦CHAPTER IV. WHAT THEY FIND IN THE ROOM IN WHICH THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED.
◦CHAPTER V. MR. PETERS DECIDES ON A STRANGE STEP, AND ARRESTS THE DEAD.
◦CHAPTER VI. THE END OF THE DARK ROAD.
◦CHAPTER THE LAST. FAREWELL TO ENGLAND.

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