XI. SOME OF THE LESSER BREED

XII. CROOKS vs. CROOKS

XIII. THE DOOR ACROSS THE HALL

XIV. THE LAME MAN

XV. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER

XVI. THE SECRET PANEL

XVII. THE SILVER SPHINX

XVIII. THE OLD SHED

XIX. BREAD UPON THE WATERS

XX. A LONE HAND

XXI. THE RECKONING



I. NIGHT IN THE UNDERWORLD

It was like some shadowy pantomime: The dark mouth of an alleyway
thrown into murky relief by the rays of a distant street lamp...the
swift, forward leap of a skulking figure...a girl's form swaying