The Under-Secretary
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Chapters (63)
- William Le Queux "The Under-Secretary"
- Chapter One.
- Is mainly about a Man.
- Chapter Two.
- Concerns Claudia’s Caprice.
- Chapter Three.
- In which Dudley Chisholm is Frank.
- Chapter Four.
- Reveals a Peccant Passion.
- Chapter Five.
- Describes an English Home.
- Chapter Six.
- In which the Colonel grows Mysterious.
- Chapter Seven.
- Unites Reality with Romance.
- Chapter Eight.
- Shows a Politician and a Policy.
- Chapter Nine.
- Defines the Dazzling Degradation.
- Chapter Ten.
- Makes Plain a Woman’s Duty.
- Chapter Eleven.
- Discloses an Ugly Truth.
- Chapter Twelve.
- Is Distinctly Enigmatical.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- Takes Dudley by a By-Path.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- Which Demands Explanation.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- Is told in the Grass Country.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- Suggests a Double Problem.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- Recounts Curious Circumstances.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- Introduces an Interesting Person.
- Chapter Nineteen.
- A Man of Secrets Speaks.
- Chapter Twenty.
- Throws Light on the Past.
- Chapter Twenty One.
- Sows Seeds of Suspicion.
- Chapter Twenty Two.
- Requires Solution.
- Chapter Twenty Three.
- Records some Matters of Fact.
- Chapter Twenty Four.
- Contrasts Two Loves.
- Chapter Twenty Five.
- In which the Stranger states his Mission.
- Chapter Twenty Six.
- Shows Signori of the Suburbs.
- Chapter Twenty Seven.
- Which asks a Question.
- Chapter Twenty Eight.
- Confesses the Truth.
- Chapter Twenty Nine.
- Confides a Motive and a Mystery.
- Chapter Thirty.
- Tells a Strange Tale.
- Chapter Thirty One.
- Contains the Conclusion.
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