_Owing to circumstances which have arisen since this story was written in the summer of 1893, it seems necessary to state that it is purely a work of the imagination, and that none of the characters or events are taken from real life._ ‘Yes, Lady Geraldine, the only beauty in modern life is its falsehood. Its reality is ridiculous.’…
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