BY

JAMES PAYN

AUTHOR OF

"LOST SIR MASSINGBERD' 'BY PROXY' AND 'HIGH SPIRITS'

SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE

1881

[All rights reserved]

251. i. 658

ΤΟ

MISS WRIGLEY

Of Timberhurst, Bury, and Wansfell, Windermere

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

BY HER OLD FRIEND

THE AUTHOR