The Sword of Damocles
A successful New York businessman, burdened with a dark secret in his past, is threatened with exposure and ruin.
Contents
- Imprint
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- The Sword of Damocles
- Book I: Two Men
- I: A Wanderer
- II: A Discussion
- III: A Mysterious Summons
- IV: Searchings
- V: The Rubicon
- VI: A Hand Clasp
- VII: Mrs. Sylvester
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- VIII: Shadows of the Past
- IX: Paula
- X: The Barred Door
- XI: Miss Stuyvesant
- XII: Miss Belinda Makes Conditions
- XIII: The End of My Lady’s Picture
- Book II: Life and Death
- XIV: Miss Belinda Has a Question to Decide
- XV: An Adventure—Or Something More
- XVI: The Sword of Damocles
- XVII: Grave and Gay
- XVIII: In the Night Watches
- XIV: A Day at the Bank
- XX: The Dregs in the Cup
- XXI: Departure
- XXII: Hopgood
- Book III: The Japha Mystery
- XXIII: The Poem
- XXIV: The Japha Mansion
- XXV: Jacqueline
- XXVI: A Man’s Justice and a Woman’s Mercy
- XXVII: The Lone Watcher
- XXVIII: Sunshine on the Hills
- XXIX: Mist in the Valley
- Book IV: From A. To Z.
- XXX: Miss Belinda Presents Mr. Sylvester with a Christmas Gift
- XXXI: A Question
- XXXII: Full Tide
- XXXIII: Two Letters
- XXXIV: Paula Makes Her Choice
- XXXV: Miss Belinda Makes Conditions
- XXXVI: Morning
- XXXVII: The Opinion of a Certain Noted Detective
- XXXVIII: Blue-Beard’s Chamber
- XXXIX: From A. To Z.
- XL: Half-Past Seven
- Book V: Woman’s Love
- XLI: The Work of an Hour
- XLII: Paula Relates a Story She Has Heard
- XLIII: Determination
- XLIV: In Mr. Stuyvesant’s Parlors
- XLV: “The Hour of Six Is Sacred”
- XLVI: The Man Cummins
- Endnotes
- Colophon
- Uncopyright
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