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_Title:_ As a Thief in the Night
_Date of first publication:_ 1928
_Author:_ Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943)
_Date first posted:_ Mar. 6, 2018
_Date last updated:_ Dec. 13, 2018
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AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
AS A THIEF
IN THE NIGHT
By R. AUSTIN FREEMAN
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE
I The Invalid 1
II Barbara Monkhouse Comes Home 11
III A Shock for the Mourners 23
IV “How, When and Where—” 38
V Madeline’s Ordeal 54
VI The Verdict 74
VII The Search Warrant 90
VIII Thorndyke Speaks Bluntly 113
IX Superintendent Miller Is Puzzled 139
X A Greek Gift 155
XI The Rivals 182
XII Thorndyke Challenges the Evidence 194
XIII Rupert Makes Some Discoveries 211
XIV Rupert Confides in Thorndyke 227
XV A Pursuit and a Discovery 245
XVI Barbara’s Message 260
XVII Thorndyke Retraces the Trail 274
XVIII The Final Proof 298
AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
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