A Fair Fraud — page 98: what you’re looking at

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A Fair Fraud 87 She gave her evidence cleverly, and mainly owing to her, Drew, who appears to have been a very intimate friend of hers, got off better than he deserved—with two years, I think—but her husband was sentenced to ten years’ penal servitude. It was believed at the time that both Mrs Bradford (that is her real name) and her French maid were im- plicated in the affair, although it was impossible to make out a case against them. But the fact stands that she is the wife of a forger— a convicted felon, who is probably alive now, and who may be at large at any moment. Miss Bradford is the daughter of the said forger and felon, and is therefore totally un- fitted to be my friend’s wife. They ought not in fact to be staying in this house at all —but at least Kenneth must not marry the girl,’ | ‘Why don’t you tell him all this yourself?’ inquired Marion after a pause of some moments, during which the melody under her fingers turned itself into a plaintive waltz. ‘For several reasons—first, it is scarcely decent that I should come as guest to this house in order to denounce other guests whilst I am under the same roof with them, who are here on a footing of friendship and in- timacy. Secondly, if I were to tell Kenneth all I have told you and more, from now till GOMMGIOO <S (GO)