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_Title:_ The Dark Eyes of London
_Date of first publication:_ 1924
_Author:_ Edgar Wallace (1875-1932)
_Date first posted:_ Oct. 14, 2017
_Date last updated:_ Oct. 14, 2017
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THE DARK EYES
OF LONDON

BY
EDGAR WALLACE

W A R D , L O C K & C O . , L I M I T E D
LONDON AND MELBOURNE

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POPULAR NOVELS
BY
E D G A R W A L L A C E
PUBLISHED BY
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
_In various editions_
“As a writer of sensational stories, Mr.
Edgar Wallace is an artist—one had almost said a
great artist. He realizes that his first
business, and his last business, and his
business all the time, is to tell a story that
will grip the reader’s attention and keep him
guessing and mystified until the end.”—_The
Bookman._
SANDERS OF THE RIVER
BONES
BOSAMBO OF THE RIVER
BONES IN LONDON
THE KEEPERS OF THE KING’S PEACE
THE COUNCIL OF JUSTICE
THE PEOPLE OF THE RIVER
DOWN UNDER DONOVAN
PRIVATE SELBY
THE ADMIRABLE CARFEW
THE MAN WHO BOUGHT LONDON
THE JUST MEN OF CORDOVA
THE SECRET HOUSE
KATE PLUS TEN
LIEUTENANT BONES
JACK O’ JUDGMENT
THE DAFFODIL MYSTERY
THE NINE BEARS
THE BOOK OF ALL-POWER
MR. JUSTICE MAXELL
THE BOOKS OF BART
THE DARK EYES OF LONDON
CHICK
SANDI THE KING-MAKER
THE THREE OAK MYSTERY
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE FROG
BLUE HAND
GREY TIMOTHY
A DEBT DISCHARGED
THOSE FOLK OF BULBORO’
THE MAN WHO WAS NOBODY
THE GREEN RUST
THE RIVER OF STARS
THE FOURTH PLAGUE
THE DUKE IN THE SUBURBS
THE ADVENTURES OF HEINE
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Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I LARRY HOLT IN PARIS 5
II SIR JOHN HASON 12
III THE SECRETARY 17
IV FLASH FRED SEES A CLIENT 22
V THE WILL 28
VI THE WRITING IN BRAILLE 34
VII A TELEGRAM FROM CALGARY 37
VIII THE MEMORIAL STONE 42
IX THE MAN WHO LOST A FINGER 47
X MR. STRAUSS “DROPS” 52
XI BURGLARS AT THE YARD 60
XII FANNY WELDON TELLS THE TRUTH 65
XIII TODD’S HOME 73
XIV FANNY HAS A VISITOR 81
XV THE FIGHT IN THE DARK 84
XVI MR. GROGAN MEETS A LADY 88
XVII THE INSURANCE MONEY 92
XVIII AT THE PAWNBROKER’S 102
XIX IN FLASH FRED’S FLAT 107
XX THE WOMAN WHO DREW THE INSURANCE MONEY 111
XXI WHEN DIANA FAINTED 115
XXII THE MAN WHO WAS DEAF 119
XXIII THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DIANA WARD 127
XXIV THE LAUNDRY YARD 130
XXV WHAT HAPPENED TO DIANA 138
XXVI BACK AGAIN 146
XXVII “JOHN DEARBORN IS NOT BLIND” 152
XXVIII WHO RUNS DEARBORN? 157
XXIX FLASH FRED’S STORY 162
XXX IN THE TUBULAR ROOM 171
XXXI FRED LENDS HIS KEYS 175
XXXII A BREAKFAST PROPOSAL 181
XXXIII LEW 185
XXXIV LARRY INSPECTS A HOUSE 195
XXXV THE DEATH ROOM 203
XXXVI THE WOMAN IN THE GARAGE 207
XXXVII THE HEIRESS 212
XXXVIII THE END OF JAKE 217
XXXIX THE GET-AWAY 222
XL A LETTER FROM LARRY 229
XLI DIANA PULLS A LEVER 236
XLII IN THE TRAP 240
XLIII THE PASSING OF DAVID 243
XLIV THE END OF THE CHASE 246
XLV THREE CIGARETTES 250