ILLUSTRATIONS.
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| "A small boy . . . stood surveying them with great composure" | |
| [Frontispiece] | [17] |
| "Securely entrenched behind the lace curtain, she levelled her glass" | [61] |
| "She sank into a chair" | [109] |
| "James Mandeville's taste was exacting" | [194] |