Chapter I: Front Matter

GREAT PORTER SQUARE:
A MYSTERY.

BY
B. L. FARJEON,

_Author of "Grif," "London's Heart," "The House of White
Shadows," etc._

_IN THREE VOLUMES._

VOLUME I.

LONDON:
WARD AND DOWNEY,
12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1885.
[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]

PRINTED BY
KELLY AND CO., GATE STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
AND KINGSTON-ON-THAMES.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I.--Introduces Mrs. James Preedy; hints at the trouble
into which she has fallen; and gives an insight into
her social position 1

II.--What was printed on the quarto bill: a proclamation
by her Majesty's Government 19

III.--Extracted from the "Evening Moon" 25

IV.--The examination of Mrs. Preedy, continued from the
"Evening Moon" 33

V.--Contains further extracts from the "Evening Moon"
relating to the Great Porter Square mystery 50

VI.--The "Evening Moon" speaks its mind 56

VII.--In which the "Evening Moon" continues to speak its
mind 62

VIII.--The "Evening Moon" postpones its statement
respecting Antony Cowlrick 88

IX.--In which the "Evening Moon" relates the adventures of
its Special Correspondent 90

X.--The Special Reporter of the "Evening Moon" makes the
acquaintance of a little match girl 121

XI.--The "Evening Moon" for a time takes leave of the case
of Antony Cowlrick 142

XII.--Mrs. Preedy has dreadful dreams 147

XIII.--Mrs. Preedy's young man lodger 154

XIV.--In which Becky commences a letter to a friend in the
country 167

XV.--In which Becky continues her letter, and relates how
she obtained the situation at No. 118 175

XVI.--In which Becky writes a second letter to her friend
in the country, and gives a woman's reason for not
liking Richard Manx 183

XVII.--In which Becky, continuing her letter, relates her
impressions of Mrs. Preedy's young man lodger 193

XVIII.--The "Evening Moon" reopens the subject of the Great
Porter Square murder, and relates a romantic story
concerning the murdered man and his widow 219

XIX.--The "Evening Moon" continues its account of the
tragedy, and describes the shameful part enacted by
Mr. Frederick Holdfast in his father's house 244

GREAT PORTER SQUARE:

A MYSTERY.