The Mysteries of the Court of London Vol. 7 — page 318: what you’re looking at

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sven amnelll i on x . —w ,- ee | 4 the moment when, as the clock of Oaklands pro- ® claimed the hour of eleven, we direct the attention of the reader thither. Silent,.if not altogether motionless, sat those six persons: but all except the Queen afforded occasional though scarcely perceptible indications of either uneasiness or else of some other feeling, such as awe or suspense. Indora’s large dark eyes burot with & strong steady lustre: her red lips were slightly apart — not quivering nor moving in the least, but with their very absence of motion indicating that her thoughts were fixed and her mind intent on one special object which she had the conviction of being enabled to carry out. She did ngt once glance towards either of those who were seated on her right band and on her left: she remained motion- less in her throne-like seat—not with an ungrace- fal rigidity—but with all the natural and un- studied elegance of posture which was likewisa consistent with the perfect dignity of her queenly No. 01.—JouatH Supine. ' I a THE MYSTERING OF THR COURT. = sem ee gerenthgee-sueeee ne ee re EE oy) Atma meet PN EOE LD he OUGE eee lf hearing. She scarcely seemed to breathe, so statue Jike was she!—for there was no tumultuous heaving nor falling of the superb bosom, so rich and 00 well developed in its sculptural cone tours. Altogether, with that magnifloent and beauteous lady upon her throne—with the five figures (two masked and three veiled) on her right and left—with the funeral hangings to the walls and the sable pall spread upon the ceiling—with the white fluor-carpet, giving ghastly reflection to the less than qm cathedral light that pervaded the apartment—with that powerful lustre which shone forth for a few yards from the ianer room-— and with the tomb-like Millness which prevailed, —it was a scone full well calculated to strike awe and terror into the soul of any one who might he brought into the presence of the royal lodora. In a few minutes the aable drapery on one sids of the room wes agitated: it opened—ead old Purvis, the steward, entered the apartment, He oe ey = eee Eee ‘ ee A + Li —=— omlinges Ghee ug ae nny, a es Gee > ae EEE eee ELOOO SS (CO)