The Beetle

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1. 01Full text
2. 02BOOK I.
3. 03CHAPTER I.
4. 04OUTSIDE
5. 05part of London, and that now only Hammersmith was left. And, at
6. 06CHAPTER II.
7. 07INSIDE
8. 08CHAPTER III.
9. 09THE MAN IN THE BED
10. 10CHAPTER IV.
11. 11A LONELY VIGIL
12. 12CHAPTER V.
13. 13AN INSTRUCTION TO COMMIT BURGLARY
14. 14‘THE BEETLE!’
15. 15CHAPTER VI.
16. 16A SINGULAR FELONY
17. 17CHAPTER VII.
18. 18THE GREAT PAUL LESSINGHAM
19. 19‘THE BEETLE!’
20. 20‘THE BEETLE!’
21. 21CHAPTER VIII.
22. 22THE MAN IN THE STREET
23. 23CHAPTER IX.
24. 24THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKET
25. 25BOOK II.
26. 26CHAPTER X.
27. 27REJECTED
28. 28CHAPTER XI.
29. 29A MIDNIGHT EPISODE
30. 30CHAPTER XII.
31. 31A MORNING VISITOR
32. 32CHAPTER XIII.
33. 33THE PICTURE
34. 34CHAPTER XIV.
35. 35THE DUCHESS’ BALL
36. 36CHAPTER XV.
37. 37MR LESSINGHAM SPEAKS
38. 38CHAPTER XVI.
39. 39ATHERTON’S MAGIC VAPOUR
40. 40CHAPTER XVII.
41. 41MAGIC?--OR MIRACLE?
42. 42CHAPTER XVIII.
43. 43THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE BEETLE
44. 44CHAPTER XIX.
45. 45THE LADY RAGES
46. 46CHAPTER XX.
47. 47A HEAVY FATHER
48. 48CHAPTER XXI.
49. 49THE TERROR IN THE NIGHT
50. 50CHAPTER XXII.
51. 51THE HAUNTED MAN
52. 52BOOK III.
53. 53CHAPTER XXIII.
54. 54THE WAY HE TOLD HER
55. 55CHAPTER XXIV.
56. 56A WOMAN’S VIEW
57. 57CHAPTER XXV.
58. 58THE MAN IN THE STREET
59. 59CHAPTER XXVI.
60. 60A FATHER’S NO
61. 61CHAPTER XXVII.
62. 62THE TERROR BY NIGHT
63. 63CHAPTER XXVIII.
64. 64THE STRANGE STORY OF THE MAN IN THE STREET
65. 65CHAPTER XXIX.
66. 66THE HOUSE ON THE ROAD FROM THE WORKHOUSE
67. 67CHAPTER XXX.
68. 68THE SINGULAR BEHAVIOUR OF MR HOLT
69. 69CHAPTER XXXI.
70. 70THE TERROR BY DAY
71. 71BOOK IV.
72. 72CHAPTER XXXII.
73. 73A NEW CLIENT
74. 74CHAPTER XXXIII.
75. 75WHAT CAME OF LOOKING THROUGH A LATTICE
76. 76CHAPTER XXXIV.
77. 77AFTER TWENTY YEARS
78. 78CHAPTER XXXV.
79. 79A BRINGER OF TIDINGS
80. 80CHAPTER XXXVI.
81. 81WHAT THE TIDINGS WERE
82. 82CHAPTER XXXVII.
83. 83WHAT WAS HIDDEN UNDER THE FLOOR
84. 84CHAPTER XXXVIII.
85. 85THE REST OF THE FIND
86. 86CHAPTER XXXIX.
87. 87MISS LOUISA COLEMAN
88. 88CHAPTER XL.
89. 89WHAT MISS COLEMAN SAW THROUGH THE WINDOW
90. 90CHAPTER XLI.
91. 91THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB
92. 92CHAPTER XLII.
93. 93THE QUARRY DOUBLES
94. 94CHAPTER XLIII.
95. 95THE MURDER AT MRS ’ENDERSON’S
96. 96CHAPTER XLIV.
97. 97THE MAN WHO WAS MURDERED
98. 98CHAPTER XLV.
99. 99ALL THAT MRS ’ENDERSON KNEW
100. 100CHAPTER XLVI.
101. 101THE SUDDEN STOPPING
102. 102CHAPTER XLVII.
103. 103THE CONTENTS OF THE THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGE
104. 104CHAPTER XLVIII.
105. 105THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER
106. 106THE END