A club man's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady.
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Frederick Volpe
Samuel Pickwick
Mary Brough
Mrs. Bardell
Bransby Williams
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Ernest Thesiger
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Kathleen Vaughan
Arabella Allen
Joyce Dearsley
Isabella Wardle
Arthur Cleave
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Athene Seyler
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John Kelt
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Hubert Woodward
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