Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. Any corrections are indicated using an underline highlight. Placing the cursor over the correction will produce the original text in a small popup. Any corrections are indicated as hyperlinks, which will navigate the reader to the corresponding entry in the corrections table in the note at the end of the text. The Island of Fantasy The Island of Fantasy Author of “When I Lived In Bohemia,” “The Mystery of a Hansom Cab,” “The Man Who Vanished,” etc. Author of “When I Lived In Bohemia,” “The Mystery of a Hansom Cab,” “The Man Who Vanished,” etc. R. F. FENNO & COMPANY Copyright [All rights reserved] 9 THE ISLAND OF FANTASY. THE ISLAND OF FANTASY. CHAPTER I. A MIND DISEASED. A MIND DISEASED. It was eight o’clock on a still summer evening, and, the ladies having retired, two men were lingering in a pleasant, indolent fashion over their wine in the dining-room of Roylands Grange. To be exact, only the elder gentleman was paying any attention to his port, for the young man who sat at the head of the table stared vaguely on his empty glass, and at his equally empty plate, as if his thoughts were miles away, which was precisely the case. Youth was moody, age was cheerful, for, while the former indulged in a brown study, the latter cracked nuts and sipped wine, with a just appreciation of the excellence of both. Judging
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