Chapter I: Front Matter

That Affair Next Door

By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

Author of "The House Of The Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "Dark Hollow," 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 moved to end of chapter.

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CONTENTS.

_BOOK I._

MISS BUTTERWORTH'S WINDOW.

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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.