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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Law and the Lady, by Wilkie CollinsThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Law and the LadyAuthor: Wilkie CollinsRelease Date: February, 1999Last Updated: May 16, 2010Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LAW AND THE LADY ***Produced by John Hamm, James Rusk, and Janet BlenkinshipTHE LAW AND THE LADYby Wilkie CollinsNOTE:ADDRESSED TO THE READER.IN offering this book to you, I have no Preface to write. I have only to request that you will bear in mind certainestablished truths, which occasionally escape your memory when you are reading a work of fiction. Be pleased, then,to remember (First): That the actions of human beings are not invariably governed by the laws of pure reason.(Secondly): That we are by no means always in the habit of bestowing our love on the objects which are the mostdeserving of it, in the opinions of our friends. (Thirdly and Lastly): That Characters which may not have appeared, andEvents which may not have taken place, within the limits of our own individual experience, may nevertheless beperfectly natural Characters and perfectly probable Events, for all that. Having said these few words, I have said allthat seems to be necessary at the present time, in ...