The Mysteries of the Court of London Vol. 4 — page 390: what you’re looking at

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Ail ' t i | pt tH i service. Indeed it is your’s already—and you have got nothing to do but to take my card and go at once to Lime Strect and make the ar- rangements with Mr. Chapman.” ; sheudore’s joy know no _ bourds; and Ariadne shed tears of gratitude and delight. The brother and sister poured forth their acknowledgments aa well as they were able— for their voices were suffocated, and Ariadne’s well nigh lost altogether, in the fulness of the emotions that swelled their hearts. “My dear friends, I know you feel all you say, and much more,” exclaimed the Baronet, who was himself affected. ‘But haste, Theodore, and be off into the City. Take a cab—never mind this exttuvagance for once —because I told Mr. Chapman you would call upon him this afternoon. Besides, I want you to come back os soon as yon can, as I have made up my mind to pass the rest of ] e b ’ i, m wat ty ropes THE MYSTERIES OF THE COURT ~ eT Lente in eis | i the day with you. It is now half-past one Sclock. Whattime do you dinc? Let us sa four—and the interval will be ainple enoug for you, Theodore, to transact your business with my friend Chapman. Ah! nowI see that Miss Varian does not like the idea, of my in- viting myself to dine with you P”’ “Oh, Sir Douglas Huntingdon!” she ex- claimed, with a sort of enthusiasm excited by her gratefu! feelings ;"“‘if you beheld a sudden change in my look, it is becatse I felt that we éannot entertain you as we could wish: or else-—— . But she stopped short in the sweetest con- usicn. “Miss Ariadne,” answered the Baronet, “I think that when I-was here last I told you how rimple my habits have become: the more frugal tle fare, the better I shall like it—and therefore do not be uneasy on that account. COMMU OY aR OE ES TE Ts LT AOC) < S) CO