"'MAY I ASK WHAT YOU EXPECT TO FIND HERE?'" _Frontispiece_
"MR. KASSALA HAD THEN THE PLEASURE OF INSPECTING
THE CROZIER" _Face p._ 26
"HE SAW THE FIGURE PASS A WINDOW" 28
"SHE HAD SHOWN HIM THE SECRET OF ITS HIDING-PLACE" 40
"A CRY OF DESPAIR ESCAPED HIM" 50
"'YOU ARE A THIEF'" 92
"'I NEARLY BRUSHED AGAINST YOU'" 108
"'HEY! BUT WHAT ABOUT THAT HOLE IN THE WINDOW?'" 134
"'YOU MAY GO ON WITH YOUR MOST INTERESTING WORK'" 142
"SUDDENLY HE ROSE, TOOK THE DRAFT OF THE TREATY, ETC." 174
"INSTEAD OF THE DRAFT, THERE, ON A PURPLE VELVET
CUSHION, WAS THE GLITTERING ORDER OF THE LION
AND THE SUN" 178
"'SOFTLY, MY LORD,' SAID CUNNINGHAM, 'I AM COVERING
YOU, YOU OBSERVE'" 192
"THERE WAS THE UNMISTAKABLE SOUND OF AN APPROACHING
CAR" 198
"LUCAS DROPPED IT CAREFULLY INTO THE POCKET OF HIS
NORFOLK JACKET" 218
"HE WAS WALKING IN HIS SLEEP, CONSCIOUS OF NOTHING" 250
"MR. MARVELL . . . THANKED THE COMPANY FOR THE GIFT,
WHICH HE WOULD TREASURE" 278
"'HE'S one of us,' the burglar explained. 'You see, we
are men who have pretty well exhausted the pleasures
of life. We've all been in the Army or the Navy, all
of us are sportsmen, and we are bachelors; so there
isn't much excitement left for us. We've started a
Burglars' Club to help things on a bit. The entrance
fee is a town burglary, the subject to be set by our
president, and every other year each member has to
keep up his subscription by a provincial line.'"