Since that time the tunnel had been lined with guards at regular intervals, and when Commodus passed through his mysterious "double" was obliged to walk in front of him surrounded by enough attendants to make any one not in the secret believe the double was the emperor himself.

What if it were his own nature repeated,still, if the duality were distinctly perceptible, even thateven this mere numerical double of his own consciousnessmight be a curse too mighty to be sustained.

Doubles is a better game.

After the double had become a matter of course, for nearly twelve months before he undid me, what a year it was!

It is also a pastime in which women can combine with and compete against men without in any way spoiling the game; and mixed doubles, to which I refer, are perhaps the most popular department with the average spectator.

"Double is the bond which binds usfriendship, and a kindred taste in poetry.