THE YELLOW CLAW

CHAPTER

I THE LADY OF THE CIVET FURS

II MIDNIGHT--AND MR. KING

III INSPECTOR DUNBAR TAKES CHARGE

IV A WINDOW IS OPENED

V DOCTORS DIFFER

VI AT SCOTLAND YARD

VII THE MAN IN THE LIMOUSINE

VIII CABMEN TWO

IX THE MAN IN BLACK

X THE GREAT UNDERSTANDING

XI PRESENTING M. GASTON MAX

XII MR. GIANAPOLIS

XIII THE DRAFT ON PARIS

XIV EAST 18642

XV CAVE OF THE GOLDEN DRAGON

XVI HO-PIN'S CATACOMBS

XVII KAN-SUH CONCESSIONS

XVIII THE WORLD ABOVE

XIX THE LIVING DEAD

XX ABRAHAM LEVINSKY BUTTS IN

XXI THE STUDIO IN SOHO

XXII M. MAX MOUNTS CAGLIOSTRO'S STAIRCASE

XXIII RAID IN THE RUE ST.-CLAUDE

XXIV OPIUM

XXV FATE'S SHUTTLECOCK

XXVI "OUR LADY OF THE POPPIES"

XXVII GROVE OF A MILLION APES

XXVIII THE OPIUM AGENT

XXIX M. MAX OF LONDON AND M. MAX OF PARIS

XXX MAHARA

XXXI MUSK AND ROSES

XXXII BLUE BLINDS

XXXIII LOGIC VS. INTUITION

XXXIV M. MAX REPORTS PROGRESS

XXXV TRACKER TRACKED

XXXVI IN DUNBAR'S ROOM

XXXVII THE WHISTLE

XXXVIII THE SECRET TRAPS

XXXIX THE LABYRINTH

XL DAWN AT THE NORE

XLI WESTMINSTER--MIDNIGHT




THE YELLOW CLAW




I

THE LADY OF THE CIVET FURS


Henry Leroux wrote busily on. The light of the table-lamp, softened and
enriched by its mosaic shade, gave an appearance of added opulence to
the already handsome appointments of the room. The little table-clock
ticked merrily from half-past eleven to a quarter to twelve.

Into the cozy, bookish atmosphere of the novelist's study penetrated the
muffled chime of Big Ben; it chimed the three-quarters. But, with his
mind centered upon his work, Leroux wrote on ceaselessly.