My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning

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Lillie Langtry and Sarah Bernhardt, 1887

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“I know him and - I hate him!” (detail)

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1887.

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“Lordy! I must hev won a pair o’ gloves!”

Phyllis of the Sierras,

The Illustrated London News Christmas Number, 1887.

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“They made a pretty picture standing together.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1887.

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“I try hard to appear self-possessed.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1887.

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” I run on to the landing, and, leaning over the banisters…I watch.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1887.

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“I was in a terrible fright for fear she should see him.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1887.

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‘Adjusting Braces.’

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1887.

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“‘You are an early riser, Miss Temple.’”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1887.

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“‘My Lenten Lilly has not changed,’ he says.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1887.