It was 2 P.m.on the afternoon of May 7.1915.The Lusita nia had been struck by two torpedoes in succession and was sinking rapidly,while the boats were being launched with an possible speed.The women and children were being lined up awaiting their turn.Some still-chung desperatety to husbands and fatherrs;others clutched their children closely to their breasts.One girl stood allone,slightly apart from the rest.She Was quite young,not more than eighteen She did not seem afraid,and her grave,shedfast eves looked straight ahead.
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Hiring themselves out as“young adventurers willing to do anything”Proves to be a smart move for Tommy and Tuppence.The first job sounds lIke a dream.All Tuppence has to do is take an all—expense—Paid trip to Paris and Pose as an American named Jane Finn.But with the asslgnment comes a bribe to keep quiet,a threat to her life,and the disaPPearance of her new employer.Now Tuppence’s newest job is playing detective—because if there’s a“Jane Finn that reallY exists,She’s qot a secret that’s Puttlng both their Iives in danger.
Prologue
1.The Young Adventurers.Ltd。
2.Mr.Whittington’s Offer
3.A Setback
4.Who Is Jane Finn?
5.Mr.Julius P.Hersheimmer
6.A Plan of Campaign
7.The House in Soho
8.The Adventures of Tommy
9.Tuppence Enters Domestic Service
10.Enter Sir James Peel Edgerton
11.Julius Tells a Story
12.A Friend in Need
13.The vigil
14.A Consultation
15.Tuppence Receives a Proposal
16.Further Adventures of Tommy
17.Annette
18.The Telegram
19.Jane Finn
20.Too Late
21.Tommy Makes a Discovery
22.In Downing Street
23.A Race Against Time
24.Julius Takes a Hand
25.Jane’s Story
26.Mr.Brown
27.A Supper Party at the Savoy
28.And After