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A WOMAN-HATER.

by Charles Reade




CHAPTER I.

"THE Golden Star," Homburg, was a humble hotel, not used by gay gamblers,
but by modest travelers.

At two o'clock, one fine day in June, there were two strangers in the
_salle a' manger,_ seated at small tables a long way apart, and wholly
absorbed in their own business.