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A MASTER OF DECEPTION

"You see, uncle--this one; as it were, death reduced
to its lowest possible denomination'" (see page 99).

A MASTER
OF DECEPTION

By

Richard Marsh

Author of "Twin Sisters," "The Lovely Mrs. Blake,"
"The Interrupted Kiss," etc., etc.

With a Frontispiece by
DUDLEY TENNANT

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
1913

CONTENTS

A MASTER OF DECEPTION

CHAPTER I

THE INCLINING OF A TWIG

When Rodney Elmore was eleven years old, placards appeared on the walls announcing that a circus was coming to Uffham. Rodney asked his mother if he might go to it. Mrs. Elmore, for what