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COLSTON AND SON, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.

LORD GARLFORD'S FREAK.

CHAPTER I.

'HE IS NOT MY HUSBAND!'

HE wedding breakfast was over at
Aunt Barbara's; the bride and

bridegroom had started upon their honeymoon tour; the aristocratic stranger who had signed his name in the marriage registers as Robert Chutney had likewise taken his leave; and the only persons remaining in the house besides Aunt Barbara, were Felicia, the lady mayoress, and Mr. Benjamin Eagles. They were not a lively party after the departure of Virginia and her husband. Perhaps, under similar circumstances, relatives are not usually disposed

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