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He may have vast stores of family money at his disposal, but no one would accuse sleazy Walter Longcluse of being a noble gentleman. After worming his way into the good graces of the genteel Arden clan, Longcluse develops an unsettling obsession with their daughter, Alice. Will his ulterior motives be revealed before it's too late?
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Table of contents
- CHECKMATE
- Contents
- Chapter I - Mortlake Hall
- Chapter II - Martha Tansey
- Chapter III - Mr. Longcluse Opens His Heart
- Chapter IV - Monsieur Lebas
- Chapter V - A Catastrophe
- Chapter VI - To Bed
- Chapter VII - Fast Friends
- Chapter VIII - Concerning a Boot
- Chapter IX - The Man Without a Name
- Chapter X - The Royal Oak
- Chapter XI - The Telegram Arrives
- Chapter XII - Sir Reginald Arden
- Chapter XIII - On the Road
- Chapter XIV - Mr. Longcluse's Boot Finds a Temporary Asylum
- Chapter XV - Father and Son
- Chapter XVI - A Midnight Meeting
- Chapter XVII - Mr. Longcluse at Mortlake Hall
- Chapter XVIII - The Party in the Dining-Room
- Chapter XIX - In Mrs. Tansey's Room
- Chapter XX - Mrs. Tansey's Story
- Chapter XXI - A Walk by Moonlight
- Chapter XXII - Mr. Longcluse Makes an Odd Confidence
- Chapter XXIII - The Meeting
- Chapter XXIV - Mr. Longcluse Follows a Shadow
- Chapter XXV - A Tete-a-Tete
- Chapter XXVI - The Garden at Mortlake
- Chapter XXVII - Winged Words
- Chapter XXVIII - Stories About Mr. Longcluse
- Chapter XXIX - The Garden Party
- Chapter XXX - He Sees Her
- Chapter XXXI - About the Grounds
- Chapter XXXII - Under the Lime-Trees
- Chapter XXXIII - The Derby
- Chapter XXXIV - A Sharp Colloquy
- Chapter XXXV - Dinner at Mortlake
- Chapter XXXVI - Mr. Longcluse Sees a Lady's Note
- Chapter XXXVII - What Alice Could Say
- Chapter XXXVIII - Gentlemen in Trouble
- Chapter XXXIX - Between Friends
- Chapter XL - An Interview in the Study
- Chapter XLI - Van Appoints Himself to a Diplomatic Post
- Chapter XLII - Diplomacy
- Chapter XLIII - A Letter and a Summons
- Chapter XLIV - The Reason of Alice's Note
- Chapter XLV - Collision
- Chapter XLVI - An Unknown Friend
- Chapter XLVII - By the River
- Chapter XLVIII - Sudden News
- Chapter XLIX - Vows for the Future
- Chapter L - Uncle David's Suspicions
- Chapter LI - The Silhouette
- Chapter LII - Mr. Longcluse Employed
- Chapter LIII - The Night of the Funeral
- Chapter LIV - Among the Trees
- Chapter LV - Mr. Longcluse Sees a Friend
- Chapter LVI - A Hope Expires
- Chapter LVII - Levi's Apologue
- Chapter LVIII - The Baron Comes to Town
- Chapter LIX - Two Old Friends Meet and Part
- Chapter LX - "Saul"
- Chapter LXI - A Waking Dream
- Chapter LXII - Love and Play
- Chapter LXIII - Plans
- Chapter LXIV - From Flower to Flower
- Chapter LXV - Behind the Arras
- Chapter LXVI - A Bubble Broken
- Chapter LXVII - Bond and Deed
- Chapter LXVIII - Sir Richard's Resolution
- Chapter LXIX - The Meeting
- Chapter LXX - Mr. Longcluse Proposes
- Chapter LXXI - Night
- Chapter LXXII - Measures
- Chapter LXXIII - At the Bar of the "Guy of Warwick"
- Chapter LXXIV - A Letter
- Chapter LXXV - Blight and Change
- Chapter LXXVI - Phoebe Chiffinch
- Chapter LXXVII - More News of Paul Davies
- Chapter LXXVIII - The Catacombs
- Chapter LXXIX - Resurrections
- Chapter LXXX - Another
- Chapter LXXXI - Broken
- Chapter LXXXII - Doppelganger
- Chapter LXXXIII - A Short Parting
- Chapter LXXXIV - At Mortlake
- Chapter LXXXV - The Crisis
- Chapter LXXXVI - Pursuit
- Chapter LXXXVII - Conclusion
