THE HOUSE OF THE WHISPERING PINES
By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
1910
Author of
“The Leavenworth Case,” “That Affair Next Door,” “One of My Sons,” etc.
“Mazes intricate,
Eccentric, interwov’d, yet regular
Then most, when most irregular they seem”.
Milton
CONTENTS
| BOOK I |
| SMOKE |
| I.—THE HESITATING STEP |
| II.—IT WAS SHE—SHE INDEED! |
| III.—“OPEN!” |
| IV.—THE ODD CANDLESTICK |
| V.—A SCRAP OF PAPER |
| VI.—COMMENTS AND REFLECTIONS |
| VII.—CLIFTON ACCEPTS MY CASE |
| VIII.—A CHANCE! I TAKE IT |