ONE OF TWO. A Novel. AUTHOR OF BY HAIN FRISWELL, OTHER PEOPLE'S WINDOWS," A DAUGHTER OF EVE," IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. ODL LONDON: PREFACE. O one of Mr. Thackeray's stories-which is so English, that no one would have the slightest suspicion that it was a transplantation -the author appends a note, explaining that the plot came from a foreign source. In a like manner, the writer of the following pages would acknowledge his indebtedness to M. Émile Gaboriau for the motif of this story, and for outlines of some of the principal characters. He hopes, however, that as his "scene"-to speak dramatically-is as thoroughly English as that of the "Bedford Row Conspiracy," |