ContentsPART ONE. THE AMATEURSCHAPTER I. THE SAWMILL ON THE LESQUECHAPTER II. AN INTERESTING SUGGESTIONCHAPTER III. THE START OF THE CRUISECHAPTER IV. A COMMERCIAL PROPOSITIONCHAPTER V. THE VISIT OF THE “GIRONDIN”CHAPTER VI. A CHANGE OF VENUECHAPTER VII. THE FERRIBY DEPOTCHAPTER VIII. THE UNLOADING OF THE “GIRONDIN”CHAPTER IX. THE SECOND CARGOCHAPTER X. MERRIMAN BECOMES DESPERATECHAPTER XI. AN UNEXPECTED ALLYPART TWO. THE PROFESSIONALSCHAPTER XII. MURDER!CHAPTER XIII. A PROMISING CLUECHAPTER XIV. A MYSTIFYING DISCOVERYCHAPTER XV. INSPECTOR WILLIS LISTENS INCHAPTER XVI. THE SECRET OF THE SYNDICATECHAPTER XVII. “ARCHER PLANTS STUFF”CHAPTER XVIII. THE BORDEAUX LORRIESCHAPTER XIX. WILLIS SPREADS HIS NETCHAPTER XX. THE DOUBLE CROSS