ContentsIIn which we Begin not to UnderstandII"In which Joseph Rouletabille Appears for the First TimeIII“A Man Has Passed like a Shadow through the Blinds”IV“In the Bosom of Wild Nature”VIn which Joseph Rouletabille Makes a Remark to Monsieur Robert Darzac which Produces its Little EffectVIIn the Heart of the Oak GroveVIIIn which Rouletabille Sets out on an Expedition under the BedVIIIThe Examining Magistrate Questions Mademoiselle StangersonIXReporter and DetectiveX“We shall have to eat Red Meat—Now”XIIn which Frédéric Larsan Explains how the Murderer was Able to get out of The Yellow RoomXIIFrédéric Larsan’s CaneXIII“The Presbytery has Lost Nothing of its Charm, nor the Garden its Brightness”XIV“I Expect the Assassin this Evening”XVThe TrapXVIStrange Phenomenon of the Dissociation of MatterXVIIThe Inexplicable GalleryXVIIIRouletabille has Drawn a Circle between the Two Bumps on his ForeheadXIXRouletabille Invites me to Breakfast at the Donjon InnXXAn Act of Mademoiselle StangersonXXIOn the WatchXXIIThe Incredible BodyXXIIIThe Double ScentXXIVRouletabille Knows the Two Halves of the MurdererXXVRouletabille Goes on a JourneyXXVIIn which Joseph Rouletabille is Awaited with ImpatienceXXVIIIn which Joseph Rouletabille Appears in all his GloryXXVIIIIn which it is Proved that one does not Always Think of EverythingXXIXThe Mystery of Mademoiselle Stangerson