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 out that any fraud had been practised upon him by that person?

"Fraud? ay, fraud enough!" cried Riley. "She choused him neatly out of the hire of her place in the Diligence; besides that guinea that we all saw him give her."

Ellis now coloured deeply; and Ireton, heartily laughing, repeated the word "choused?" while Mrs. Maple, off all guard, looked fiercely at Ellis, and exclaimed, "This is just what I have all along expected! And who can tell who else may have been pilfered? I protest I don't think myself safe yet."

This hasty speech raised a lively curiosity in all around; for all around had become listeners, from the loud voice of Riley; who now related that the Admiral, having paid the full fare for bringing the black-skinned girl to town, had called at the inn at which the stage puts up in London, to enquire, deeming her a stranger, whether she were safely arrived; and there he had