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AN AMIABLE CHARLATAN

BY

E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

(AUTHOR OF "MR. GREX OF MONTE CARLO," "THE DOUBLE TRAITOR", ETC.)

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY WILL GREF

[Illustration: "No one can be more glad than Mrs. Delaporte and myself that this little affair has been concluded so amicably."]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I THE MAN AT STEPHANO'S

II THE COUP IN THE GAMBLING DEN

III CULLEN GIVES ADVICE

IV THE WOOING OF EVE

V MR. SAMUELSON

VI THE PARTY AT THE MILAN

VII "ONE OF US"

VIII AT THE ALHAMBRA

IX THE EXPOSURE

X A BROKEN PARTNERSHIP

XI MR. BUNDERCOMBE'S WINK

XII THE EMANCIPATION OF LOUIS

XIII "THE SHORN LAMB"

XIV MR. BUNDERCOMBE'S LOVE AFFAIR

XV LORD PORTHONING'S LESSON

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"No one can be more glad than Mrs. Delaporte and myself that this little affair has been concluded so amicably"

"Ladies and gentlemen, if you please! Nothing has happened"

"I haven't interrupted anything, have I—any little celebration, or anything of that sort?"

"Eve was one of the first to congratulate me"

AN AMIABLE CHARLATAN