THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER
BY BARONESS ORCZY
TO
MY DEAR UNCLE AND AUNT
COUNT AND COUNTESS WASS OF CZEGE
IN REMEMBRANCEOF MANY HAPPY DAYS SPENTIN TRANSYLVANIA
October, 1908
CONTENTS
Chapter
I. — THE FENCHURCH STREET MYSTERYII. — A MILLIONAIRE IN THE DOCKIII. — HIS DEDUCTIONIV. — THE ROBBERY IN PHILLIMORE TERRACEV. — A NIGHT'S ADVENTUREVI. — ALL HE KNEWVII. — THE YORK MYSTERYVIII. — THE CAPITAL CHARGEIX. — A BROKEN-HEARTED WOMANX. — THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAYXI. — MR. ERRINGTONXII. — THE LIVERPOOL MYSTERYXIII. — A CUNNING RASCALXIV. — THE EDINBURGH MYSTERYXV. — A TERRIBLE PLIGHTXVI. — NON PROVENXVII. — UNDENIABLE FACTSXVIII. — THE THEFT AT THE ENGLISH PROVIDENT BANKXIX. — CONFLICTING EVIDENCEXX. — AN ALIBIXXI. — THE DUBLIN MYSTERYXXII. — FORGERYXXIII. — A MEMORABLE DAYXXIV. — AN UNPARALLELED OUTRAGEXXV. — THE PRISONERXXVI. — A SENSATIONXXVII. — TWO BLACKGUARDSXXVIII. — THE REGENT'S PARK MURDERXXIX. — THE MOTIVEXXX. — FRIENDSXXXI. — THE DE GENNEVILLE PEERAGEXXXII. — A HIGH-BRED GENTLEMANXXXIII. — THE LIVING AND THE DEADXXXIV. — THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN PERCY STREETXXXV. — SUICIDE OR MURDER?XXXVI. — THE END
THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER
CHAPTER I
THE FENCHURCH STREET MYSTERY
The man in the corner pushed aside his glass, and leant across thetable.
"Mysteries!" he commented. "There is no such thing as a mystery inconnection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear uponits investigation."
Very much astonished Polly Burton looked over the top of her newspaper,and fixed a pair of very severe, coldly inquiring brown eyes upon him.
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