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FOUL PLAY.

by

Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault

CONTENTS

[I][II][III][IV][V][VI][VII][VIII][IX]
[X][XI][XII][XIII][XIV][XV][XVI][XVII][XVIII][XIX]
[XX][XXI][XXII][XXIII][XXIV][XXV][XXVI][XXVII][XXVIII][XXIX]
[XXX][XXXI][XXXII][XXXIII][XXXIV][XXXV][XXXVI][XXXVII][XXXVIII][XXXIX]
[XL][XLI][XLII][XLIII][XLIV][XLV][XLVI][XLVII][XLVIII][XLIX]
[L][LI][LII][LIII][LIV][LV][LVI][LVII][LVIII][LIX]
[LX][LXI][LXII][LXIII][LXIV][LXV][LXVI][LXVII][LXVIII][LXIX]

CHAPTER I.

THERE are places which appear, at first sight, inaccessible to romance; and such a place was Mr. Wardlaw's dining-room in Russell Square. It was very large, had sickly green walls, picked out with aldermen, full length; heavy maroon curtains; mahogany chairs; a turkey carpet an inch thick: and was lighted with wax candles only.

In the center, bristling and gleaming with silver and glass, was a round table, at which fourteen could have dined comfortably; and at opposite sides of this table sat two gentlemen, who looked as neat, grave, precise, and unromantic, as the place: Merchant Wardlaw, and his son.