Chapter I: Front Matter

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FANTÔMAS

PIERRE SOUVESTRE AND MARCEL ALLAIN

_Translated from the original French by_ CRANSTOUN METCALFE

_Introduction to the Dover Edition by_ ROBIN WALZ

DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. Mineola, New York

_Bibliographical Note_

This Dover edition, first published in 2006, is an unabridged republication of the work first published by Brentano's Publishers Inc., New York, in 1915.

_International Standard Book Number: 0-486-44971-8_

Manufactured in the United States of America Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501

CONTENTS

Introduction to the Dover Edition v

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Genius of Crime 1

II. A Tragic Dawn 12

III. The Hunt for the Man 26

IV. "No! I am not Mad!" 34

V. "Arrest Me!" 45

VI. "Fantômas, it is Death!" 52

VII. The Criminal Investigation Department 68

VIII. A Dreadful Confession 82

IX. All for Honour 92

X. Princess Sonia's Bath 104

XI. Magistrate and Detective 117

XII. A Knock-out Blow 125

XIII. Thérèse's Future 133

XIV. Mademoiselle Jeanne 140

XV. The Mad Woman's Plot 146

XVI. Among the Market Porters 156

XVII. At the Saint-Anthony's Pig 163

XVIII. A Prisoner and a Witness 174

XIX. Jérôme Fandor 184

XX. A Cup of Tea 190

XXI. Lord Beltham's Murderer 196

XXII. The Scrap of Paper 205

XXIII. The Wreck of the "Lancaster" 210

XXIV. Under Lock and Key 216

XXV. An Unexpected Accomplice 223

XXVI. A Mysterious Crime 228

XXVII. Three Surprising Incidents 237

XXVIII. The Court of Assize 247

XXIX. Verdict and Sentence 255

XXX. An Assignation 265

XXXI. Fell Treachery 276

XXXII. On the Scaffold 288