The Mysteries of the Court of London Vol. 4 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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Maly S. wage NS. apie te =e. Wide Lee “ * * ® THE DLYSTERIES Ov THE COURT. - - I | bit i Hay il i Ty /| ial’ 7 ae awe = a a —_————- | — __ — -_———= =: ~-. ~ Min Mi An \| a a i i i MT ri it a a aoe mt Man | oh ry ' oy point at once, and addressing hergelf m au carnest and serious manner to Mrs. Bredalbane and Lady Presscott,“ I have done you a service to-night and am about to crave a boon in return. The service which I rendered you wks by forbearing from men- tioning to the Queen that conversation which, to speak candidly, I overheard from the very firat syllable of the narrative dowg to where it was so suddenly interrupted dy the ¢jaculation which burst from my own lips on the sppearanog | of her Ma- _ jeaty.” “Your Royal Highness heard all?” ejaculated ~two Red-chamber Women, as if speaking in the same breath. “Yes—every syHablie relative to my uncle Ernest —r the Duke of Cumberland, as I would rather call him,3 added the Frincess, with a shudder: “for if the dreadfale suspiciogs which I have formed be true, I would rather not acknowledge him as 2 relative.” e 64° SRE SUR aa ATS: PA - a ¢ a # dey ) q | ~ trys Ss | —_— pe TS, SD ee A om , OS ne tae - ‘agli ” PO Hoi aii aa : a: rE eet, de oh . u ! rere (yi dy '¢ pee ye wee oh nl i . PS ie t : —_—_—_——_—— _ a nf ere oer ee ir ‘ ““Your Royat lignness must not judge too’ ; hastily,” exclaimed Mrs. Bredalbane. “The ree mainder 6f my narrative—— “Welle I long to hear it,” irterrupted the Princess: “but I dare not remain here many minutes now. The Queen is perhaps watching me—espyiog my actions—and she may either re- turn to my room——” “QO heavens! if her Majesty should have seen your Royal Highness come hither!” cried fhe Hon. Mrs. Bredalbane. “She would dischirge me at once——” “No—the Queen did not see me come hither,” gaid the Princess. “And recollect,” she added proudly, “I may some day become Queen of Eng- land—and ‘hen I shall know how to reward those who serve me now.” “Your Royal Highness may command us in all things,” said the two ladies, again speaking as it : were in the same breath. ° e o pene oe eal ECOnnicloooks CO