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That Affair Next Door

by Anna Katharine Green

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First published in 1897,That Affair Next Dooris another fascinating study in human motivations intertwined with bits and pieces of circumstantial evidence that at first make very little sense. True to Green’s style, she calls up and explains each motivation, each piece of evidence with mathematical precision until the mystery unravels and the perpetrator is punished in a most fitting fashion.

493

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~5916 min

Est. Listening Time

English

Language

3.7

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That

Affair Next Door

By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

Author of "The House Of The Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "Dark Hollow," Etc.

A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS

114-120 East Twenty-third Street New York

PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

Copyright, 1897

BY

ANNA KATHARINE ROHLFS

Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

Transcriber's note: Minor typos have been corrected and footnotes moved to end of chapter.

CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

MISS BUTTERWORTH'S WINDOW.

PAGE

I.—A Discovery 1

II.—Questions 14

III.—Amelia Discovers Herself 23

IV.—Silas Van Burnam 36

V.—This Is No One I Know 41

VI.—New Facts 51

VII.—Mr. Gryce Discovers Miss Amelia 55

VIII.—The Misses Van Burnam68

IX.—Developments 77

X.—Important Evidence 88

XI.—The Order Clerk 98

XII.—The Keys 114

XIII.—Howard Van Burnam 126

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