Chapters (45)
- PART I
- WILLIAM DAWSON
- CHAPTER I
- A STORY AND A VISIT
- I. BAITING THE TRAP
- II. THE TRAP CLOSES
- CHAPTER II
- AT CLOSE QUARTERS
- CHAPTER III
- AN INQUISITION
- CHAPTER IV
- SABOTAGE
- CHAPTER V
- BAFFLED
- CHAPTER VI
- GUESSWORK
- CHAPTER VII
- THE MARINE SENTRY
- CHAPTER VIII
- TREHAYNE'S LETTER
- PART II
- MADAME GILBERT
- CHAPTER IX
- THE WOMAN AND THE MAN
- CHAPTER X
- A PROGRESSIVE FRIENDSHIP
- CHAPTER XI
- AT BRIGHTON
- PART III
- TO SEE IS TO BELIEVE
- CHAPTER XII
- DAWSON PRESCRIBES
- CHAPTER XIII
- THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN
- CHAPTER XIV
- A COFFIN AND AN OWL
- PART IV
- THE CAPTAIN OF MARINES
- CHAPTER XV
- DAWSON REAPPEARS
- CHAPTER XVI
- DAWSON STRIKES
- CHAPTER XVII
- DAWSON TELEPHONES FOR A SURGEON
- THE END
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