[Italics are indicatedby underscores
James Rusk, jrusk@cyberramp.net.]





[Etext version by James Rusk, jrusk@cyberramp.net. Italics are
indicated by underscores.]





"I SAY NO."

by WILKIE COLLINS




BOOK THE FIRST--AT SCHOOL.

CHAPTER I.

THE SMUGGLED SUPPER.

Outside the bedroom the night was black and still.

The small rain fell too softly to be heard in the garden; not a