"Foul Play" from Dion Boucicault. Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas (1820-1890).
THERE are places which appear, at first sight, inaccessible to romance; and such a place was Mr. Wardlaw's dining-room in Russell Square. It was very large, had sickly green walls, picked out with aldermen, full length; heavy maroon curtains; mahogany chairs; a turkey carpet...