HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET, 1867. The right of Translation is reserved. 250. 0. 180. LEYTON HALL. HEARTS ARE TRUMPS. 3 Dramatic Story. CHAPTER I. THERE are few more happy retreats from the perplexities and disappointments of this uncertain life, than a well-appointed London Tavern, and the White Posts in Street was, twenty years ago, pre-eminently cosy. Near to one of the most fashionable streets of the day, it was frequented by persons of limited means, but whose social position made them excellent judges of the cuisine of the White Posts; and their patronage gave assurance that no inferior gastronomy was permitted to obtain there. The exclusiveness of a club was necessarily wanting, and VOL. II. B |