Other Fiction Wingfield, Lewis: The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3). v1. 21 Mar 2014

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WINGFIELD, LEWIS STRANGE (1842–1891), traveller, actor, writer, and painter.

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Although there was no cash in silken fob or broidered pocket, the Elect denied themselves no luxury. Bejewelled Fashion was sumptuously clad: my ladies quarrelled and intrigued, danced and gambled—my lords slept off the fumes of wine, and mopped the wounds begot of midnight brawl; then drank and fought again.

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