Bonny Jean, and A Severe Threat — page 210: what you’re looking at

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A SEVERE THREAT. : 208 had not just attempted to take his life, touched his hat in.cour- teous adieu, and the carriage, with its coat of arms glistening in © the sunbeams, rolled slowly away. Lloyd turned back with that mocking smile still lingering upon his face. His gaze fell carelessly upon a play-bill posted on an opposite corner, and he paused involuntarily. No won- der, for the bills announced the arrival in London of ‘‘the famous Templemore Theatrical Troupe,” for a short engage- ment, and among the names of the performers was that of Dora Wylde, while flaunting capitals at the foot announced the en- gagement of ‘‘the beautiful young cantatrice, Stella Gordon.” ’ «*Great Heaven!” he muttered, in wondering surprise ; ‘«what if it shouid be Lola?” : CHAPTER XXII. BETRAYED. It was indeed Lola; who for her own purpose had adopted her mother’s name. Let us go back to the time when she and Geraldine had laid their plot by which they meant to avenge their own wrongs, They had wisely taken Dr. Denzil into their confidence—in fact, they could not well do otherwise. The good old physician was astonished—thunderstruck at their story; but he had never liked or trusted Sir John Sydney, and when he heard the story which they told him, he readily gave his consent to assist them as requested, in their unequal contest ; two feeble women pitted against a bad, wicked man. So the news of Geraldine’s death had been promulgated, and a speedy burial recommended—nay, urged. Geraldine man- aged to remain quiet as though really dead ; the belief that her disease had become contagious served to keep idle curiosity from viewing the corpse. The coffin arrived, and was closed at Eomichooks (e(o)