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  That Affair Next Door

  By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

  Author of "The House Of The Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "DarkHollow," Etc.

  A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS

  114-120 East Twenty-third Street New York

  PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

  COPYRIGHT, 1897

  BY

  ANNA KATHARINE ROHLFS

  Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

  The Knickerbocker Press, New York

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  Transcriber's note: Minor typos have been corrected and footnotes movedto end of chapter.

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  CONTENTS.

  _BOOK I._

  MISS BUTTERWORTH'S WINDOW.

  PAGE

  I.--A DISCOVERY 1

  II.--QUESTIONS 14

  III.--AMELIA DISCOVERS HERSELF 23

  IV.--SILAS VAN BURNAM 36

  V.--THIS IS NO ONE I KNOW 41

  VI.--NEW FACTS 51

  VII.--MR. GRYCE DISCOVERS MISS AMELIA 55

  VIII.--THE MISSES VAN BURNAM 68

  IX.--DEVELOPMENTS 77

  X.--IMPORTANT EVIDENCE 88

  XI.--THE ORDER CLERK 98

  XII.--THE KEYS 114

  XIII.--HOWARD VAN BURNAM 126

  XIV.--A SERIOUS ADMISSION 141

  XV.--A RELUCTANT WITNESS 155

  _BOOK II._

  THE WINDINGS OF A LABYRINTH.

  XVI.--COGITATIONS 163

  XVII.--BUTTERWORTH VERSUS GRYCE 170

  XVIII.--THE LITTLE PINCUSHION 176

  XIX.--A DECIDED STEP FORWARD 187

  XX.--MISS BUTTERWORTH'S THEORY 201

  XXI.--A SHREWD CONJECTURE 208

  XXII.--A BLANK CARD 217

  XXIII.--RUTH OLIVER 229

  XXIV.--A HOUSE OF CARDS 244

  XXV.--"THE RINGS! WHERE ARE THE RINGS?" 255

  XXVI.--A TILT WITH MR. GRYCE 260

  XXVII.--FOUND 266

  XXVIII.--TAKEN ABACK 272

  _BOOK III._

  THE GIRL IN GRAY.

  XXIX.--AMELIA BECOMES PEREMPTORY 274

  XXX.--THE MATTER AS STATED BY MR. GRYCE 283

  XXXI.--SOME FINE WORK 296

  XXXII.--ICONOCLASM 311

  XXXIII.--"KNOWN, KNOWN, ALL KNOWN" 321

  XXXIV.--EXACTLY HALF-PAST THREE 329

  XXXV.--A RUSE 335

  _BOOK IV._

  THE END OF A GREAT MYSTERY.

  XXXVI.--THE RESULT 341

  XXXVII.--"TWO WEEKS!" 345

  XXXVIII.--A WHITE SATIN GOWN 350

  XXXIX.--THE WATCHFUL EYE 357

  XL.--AS THE CLOCK STRUCK 364

  XLI.--SECRET HISTORY 368

  XLII.--WITH MISS BUTTERWORTH'S COMPLIMENTS 395

  THAT AFFAIR NEXT DOOR.

  _BOOK I._

  MISS BUTTERWORTH'S WINDOW.