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Heart to heart

Chapter 3: HEART TO HEART.
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About This Book

The narrative opens on an ostensibly joyous wedding that is shattered by a stabbing, prompting a coroner’s inquest and a chain of investigations. Fragmentary clues—a torn letter, a past mystery, and statements from assorted witnesses—lead a detective and others through competing theories, a courtroom trial, and revelations about hidden identities and relationships. As evidence accumulates, loyalties and reputations are tested; a confession brings resolution and moral reckoning, and the aftermath considers consequences for those involved. The plot blends suspenseful incidents, legal drama, and gradually disclosed secrets to explore truth, honor, and redemption.

HEART TO HEART.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. A STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT.
CHAPTER II. A DAGGER WOUND.
CHAPTER III. THE CORONER’S INQUEST.
CHAPTER IV. “V. H.”
CHAPTER V. THE TORN LETTER.
CHAPTER VI. A MYSTERY WITHIN A MYSTERY.
CHAPTER VII. ON THE BLUFF.
CHAPTER VIII. A GUESS AT A TRUTH.
CHAPTER IX. THE NEW BOARDER.
CHAPTER X. AT THE PIANO.
CHAPTER XI. A MYSTERY OF THE PAST.
CHAPTER XII. A REVELATION.
CHAPTER XIII. A SETBACK FOR DETECTIVE HULL.
CHAPTER XIV. A NEW THEORY.
CHAPTER XV. AN UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER.
CHAPTER XVI. SOMEBODY’S CHILD.
CHAPTER XVII. A NIGHTMARE, OR WHAT?
CHAPTER XVIII. WHAT JIMMIE REMEMBERED.
CHAPTER XIX. THE COLORED WOMAN’S STATEMENT.
CHAPTER XX. THE ARREST.
CHAPTER XXI. THE OPENING OF THE TRIAL.
CHAPTER XXII. A GHOST OF THE PAST.
CHAPTER XXIII. HUSBAND AND WIFE.
CHAPTER XXIV. A LIGHT UPON THE MYSTERY.
CHAPTER XXV. A MAN WITHOUT HONOR.
CHAPTER XXVI. CONFESSION AND EXPIATION.
CHAPTER XXVII. AFTERWARD.