| PART ONE |
| PAGE |
| Foreword | vii |
| CHAPTER |
| I. | In Which Are Introduced a Theatre-Audience and a Corpse | 3 |
| II. | In Which One Queen Works and Another Queen Watches | 12 |
| III. | In Which a “Parson” Comes to Grief | 29 |
| IV. | In Which Many Are Called and Two Are Chosen | 47 |
| V. | In Which Inspector Queen Conducts Some Legal Conversations | 56 |
| VI. | In Which the District Attorney Turns Biographer | 79 |
| VII. | The Queens Take Stock | 90 |
| PART TWO |
| VIII. | In Which the Queens Meet Mr. Field’s Very Best Friend | 105 |
| IX. | In Which the Mysterious Mr. Michaels Appears | 123 |
| X. | In Which Mr. Field’s Tophats Begin to Assume Proportions | 131 |
| XI. | In Which the Past Casts a Shadow | 145 |
| XII. | In Which the Queens Invade Society | 158 |
| XIII. | Queen to Queen | 174 |
| PART THREE |
| XIV. | In Which the Hat Grows | 197 |
| XV. | In Which an Accusation Is Made | 214 |
| XVI. | In Which the Queens Go to the Theatre | 226 |
| XVII. | In Which More Hats Grow | 240 |
| XVIII. | Stalemate | 261 |
| INTERLUDE |
| | In Which the Reader’s Attention Is Respectfully Requested | 271 |
| PART FOUR |
| XIX. | In Which Inspector Queen Conducts More Legal Conversations | 275 |
| XX. | In Which Mr. Michaels Writes a Letter | 286 |
| XXI. | In Which Inspector Queen Makes a Capture— | 290 |
| XXII. | —And Explains | 295 |