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underscore character (_). Acute accents are indicated by a single quote
(') after the vowel, while grave accents have a single quote before the
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CHRISTIE JOHNSTONE.

A NOVEL.

by Charles Reade




I dedicate all that is good in this work to my mother.--C. R.,


NOTE.

THIS story was written three years ago, and one or two topics in it are