The Beetle: A Mystery
by Richard Marsh
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Contents
- Chapter I. Outside
- Chapter II. Inside
- Chapter III. The Man in the Bed
- Chapter IV. A Lonely Vigil
- Chapter V. An Instruction to Commit Burglary
- Chapter VI. A Singular Felony
- Chapter VII. The Great Paul Lessingham
- Chapter VIII. The Man in the Street
- Chapter IX. The Contents of the Packet
- Chapter X. Rejected
- Chapter XI. A Midnight Episode
- Chapter XII. A Morning Visitor
- Chapter XIII. The Picture
- Chapter XIV. The Duchess’ Ball
- Chapter XV. Mr Lessingham Speaks
- Chapter XVI. Atherton’s Magic Vapour
- Chapter XVII. Magic?—Or Miracle?
- Chapter XVIII. The Apotheosis of the Beetle
- Chapter XIX. The Lady Rages
- Chapter XX. A Heavy Father
- Chapter XXI. The Terror in the Night
- Chapter XXII. The Haunted Man
- Chapter XXIII. The Way He Told Her
- Chapter XXIV. A Woman’s View
- Chapter XXV. The Man in the Street
- Chapter XXVI. A Father’s No
- Chapter XXVII. The Terror by Night
- Chapter XXVIII. The Strange Story of the Man in the Street
- Chapter XXIX. The House on the Road from the Workhouse
- Chapter XXX. The Singular Behaviour of Mr Holt
- Chapter XXXI. The Terror by Day
- Chapter XXXII. A New Client
- Chapter XXXIII. What Came of Looking Through a Lattice
- Chapter XXXIV. After Twenty Years
- Chapter XXXV. A Bringer of Tidings
- Chapter XXXVI. What the Tidings Were
- Chapter XXXVII. What Was Hidden Under the Floor
- Chapter XXXVIII. The Rest of the Find
- Chapter XXXIX. Miss Louisa Coleman
- Chapter XL. What Miss Coleman Saw Through the Window
- Chapter XLI. The Constable,—His Clue,—And the Cab
- Chapter XLII. The Quarry Doubles
- Chapter XLIII. The Murder at Mrs ’Enderson’s
- Chapter XLIV. The Man Who Was Murdered
- Chapter XLV. All That Mrs ’Enderson Knew
- Chapter XLVI. The Sudden Stopping
- Chapter XLVII. The Contents of the Third-Class Carriage
- Chapter XLVIII. The Conclusion of the Matter