"And the people--what kind are they?"

"Pah! Kauloes--blacks--a set of rascals! And they calls us lolloes,
which, in their beastly gibberish, means reds. Why do you stare so?"

"Why," said I, "this is the very language of Mr. Petulengro."

"I say, young fellow, I don't like your way of speaking; you are mad,
sir. You won't do for the Honourable Company. Good-day to you!"

"I shouldn't wonder," said I, as I proceeded rapidly eastward, "if Mr.
Petulengro came from India. I think I'll go there."

* * * * *




M. E. BRADDON


Lady Audley's Secret

Mary Elizabeth Maxwell, youngest daughter of Henry Braddon,
solicitor, and widow of John Maxwell, publisher, was born in
London in 1837. Early in life she had literary aspirations,
and, as a girl of twenty-three, wrote her first novel, "The
Trail of the Serpent," which first appeared in serial form.
"Lady Audley's Secret" was published in 1862, and Miss Braddon