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The Trail of the Serpent

by M. E. Braddon

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Book the First — A Respectable Young Man — Chapter I — The Good Sch…
  3. 3Chapter II — Good for Nothing
  4. 4Chapter III — The Usher Washes His Hands
  5. 5Chapter IV — Richard Marwood Lights His Pipe
  6. 6Chapter V — The Healing Waters
  7. 7Chapter VI — Two Coroner’s Inquests
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Dumb Detective a Philanthropist
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Seven Letters on the Dirty Alphabet
  10. 10Chapter IX — “Mad, Gentlemen of the Jury”
  11. 11Chapter I — Blind Peter
  12. 12Chapter II — Like and Unlike
  13. 13Chapter III — A Golden Secret
  14. 14Chapter IV — Jim Looks Over the Brink of the Terrible Gulf
  15. 15Chapter V — Midnight by the Slopperton Clocks
  16. 16Chapter VI — The Quiet Figure on the Heath
  17. 17Chapter VII — The Usher Resigns His Situation
  18. 18Book the Third — Holy Institution — Chapter I — The Value of an Ope…
  19. 19Chapter II — Working in the Dark
  20. 20Chapter III — The Wrong Footstep
  21. 21Chapter IV — Ocular Demonstration
  22. 22Chapter V — The King of Spades
  23. 23Chapter VI — A Glass of Wine
  24. 24Chapter VII — The Last Act of Lucretia Borgia
  25. 25Chapter VIII — Bad Dreams and a Worse Waking
  26. 26Chapter IX — A Marriage in High Life
  27. 27Chapter X — Animal Magnetism
  28. 28Book the Fourth — Napoleon the Great — Chapter I — The Boy From Slo…
  29. 29Chapter II — Mr. Augustus Darley and Mr. Joseph Peters Go Out Fishing
  30. 30Chapter III — The Emperor Bids Adieu to Elba
  31. 31Chapter IV — Joy and Happiness for Everybody
  32. 32Chapter V — The Cherokees Take an Oath
  33. 33Chapter VI — Mr. Peters Relates How He Thought He Had a Clue, and H…
  34. 34Book the Fifth — The Dumb Detective — Chapter I — The Count de Maro…
  35. 35Chapter II — Mr. Peters Sees a Ghost
  36. 36Chapter III — The Cherokees Mark Their Man
  37. 37Chapter IV — The Captain, the Chemist, and the Lascar
  38. 38Chapter V — The New Milkman in Park Lane
  39. 39Chapter VI — Signor Mosquetti Relates an Adventure
  40. 40Chapter VII — The Golden Secret Is Told, and the Golden Bowl Is Broken
  41. 41Chapter VIII — One Step Further on the Right Track
  42. 42Chapter IX — Captain Lansdown Overhears a Conversation Which Appear…
  43. 43Book the Sixth — On the Track — Chapter I — Father and Son
  44. 44Chapter II — Raymond de Marolles Shows Himself Better Than All Bow…
  45. 45Chapter III — The Left-Handed Smasher Makes His Mark
  46. 46Chapter IV — What They Find in the Room in Which the Murder Was Com…
  47. 47Chapter V — Mr. Peters Decides on a Strange Step, and Arrests the Dead
  48. 48Chapter VI — The End of the Dark Road
  49. 49Chapter VII — Farewell to England

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