The Mysteries of the Court of London, Vol. 5 — page 392: what you’re looking at

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2 SD ee ee Uae rea Soe eee eo ess - oe barsuly to thea, ty raised suena storia Of crying, 8 THE MYSTERIES OF TIE COUNT. . . ; : weet a ct nn i ae ee te eee ta 379 VOrPyK SRO bay tn I TAR Oe ee cat ak Tasdabses tb. ehneking, screaming, and yelling, that the whole , Felused tod sumethbis bbade hor, b bestowed pas. ® houye ‘Zrew alarined, nol L was bladed for thuir "her such a anand box va (i car. du short, [ suvn tuund that To ohad much dismayed as hurt. Sie dled Meat any fute rei use bo follow ay uP. {ers : ill-consduct. entered into a kind of purgatory, and that the hfs T ‘had led at the Sout ha-npton school was paradise ' soumpared to it. Sir’John Marston often scolded mec most brutally: Lady AMfarston treated me with the supremest eonjompt: indeed, she was kinder® fur to hor meuials thau to myeell. Mrs. Llvyd, as 1 have already said, was constantly fin fins fanle. At I corrected the children when they did wroug — oF if I let Jhem Aave their own way —1 was equally Nable 40 blause; aud thus [Oo found my s:tuation rapully becouuitys jatolerable. ‘The domestics, bee- ng cow I was treated hy their master and the two ladies, fullowed their cxample; sv that TL could Fonvea'y get even the most necessary services per- forme and hud tu a yrreat eftent to du menial (kinds fur miyselt. [wrote frequontly to Igragk - bat Lever in iny letters tucutivucd to bin how thersughly unhappy I was.” that sue was aa wad dure i? ad the rose of the Cline ] Was in Sir Joti M Astana s fa nly, J Cae penenced vy overt wapertinesee on the part of tae domestics. “ The affect which all these varioas proecedinps produced, was perfectly sstuoisdine. the (reatuend 1 subsequontly expericaced was walely dulurent froin that To had befure knowa. [owas lott to sane aye the childrea as Fthourht lit; and the domesties obeyed my orders. But still L was resolved to take the earhost opportunity of quilting 4 situation which “T disliked and Wta:nily that 1 detested. i Beret ly made wiqairies if oihee Baghish families bivisg sa Havre, requiged & woverneas —but could hear of nothing satislactery. At length LE resolved to pive » Sir Noh Marston notice tu losve lata, anid woud iny E “Thus sume mouths passed away ; ond at longth, : as my ideas began tu grow enlarged aud my expe- rienvy of the wurid inereased, I began to ask myself why I should put up with su much ill-treatment ? I rea oned that if my qualifications were such as to ' enable mu to obtain soy beeaa®at all, they woul: avail for the purpuse in some other family than Sir | hens GPs eet - « “ohn Marstou's; and inspired by these redleetions, I felt 2 certain independegge of spirit growing ®@p withie me. When onee this spirit had sprang into ovisteace—-ur rather, where the natural strength of hag bey ran tls to deveiop iself{—L aestiocd Ze letuo. hearing towarda those around me. Que’ day, “hen “he clildren had been gutlty of same excecd- ang act of rudeness, I chastised them with vreut accority. Their erties brodght ap their mpther Mrs. 1. yds anu shot began abusin.s me with ber usual vinience. J, ciegired hes not to address me in such anguape-—told her that she was no lady, but only it for a fishwite—-and gave her plainly aud frankly tO understand that so loig as lo had the charge of her daughters, L As theagcetorth delermined to punish ¢heim whenever they deserved it. Sno has- tuucd away to tell her uncle Sir John Marston, who rushed up to the nursery furious with rage. When he began atorming at mo, I toll him he was a covardly bully, and that hp would not dure bohave thus ww one of hisown sex. Ho blustercd and finned, endeavouring tu break my spirit; arffl he evou raived his hand to strike mo—when I snatched up A foutstool and hurled it at his head. It struck iim o severe blow, but tranquillized Lim in a moment; and he quilted the nursery without ghother word. Thus far 1 was victorious, But presently I had to encounter she self-suficient insolence of Lady Maur- stun; fur as I passed hier on the stairs, she tured ap her nosc, muttering something about ‘a begvarly upstart. I at once told her that L had not the Mightest doubt she was precisely What she bad dared to call me; and white with rage, she hurried .way. I was now. perfectly triumphant. I ftlt glowing within me a spirit such as 1 had never known before; and the consciousness that I posscused if, made me happy. I suddenly felt myself mbove all petty tyrannics, and totally ind: ‘pendent of my tyrants. I was therefore eucouraged to prosecute the warfare against the servants; and when that of twokty-one. way hack to England. Thereupou he pave ine tu understaud that I wag bound to hin by those who liad the power to bind me, uolil EF should attain the age It vuly wanted three montis uf ‘that period; and T thorefore determined to await it patiently. But stil Io woudered who tha persons ‘evoutd be (hat exercise.) this imepetule but Puerto, Influence over ung dostioiey. “About two months after (hat conversation wii Sir dulin Marston the family removed from Uo cs to Paris; and we took ap our abade ato an Lite, the Baronet. alle wl? tliat a pup ed ty took oe: ments --loking month as the periol of my emancipatiin. ‘now I come to the most extragritnty tasc b ie fur muitactele: res lenee, as he ameant dy dig dituasel! permanently, A at all events fur seme tine, i tie Fre af we yit } [ = vi} : ¥ | Ma r) v rencn capital, L ecared noguing about his arran se- forward to the eal of anuteer Atta my chequered tite. Tt was on the mornin afer tia attainment of my twenty-first vear, that J cage aniniersiew with Siz John NI irston roomier toca. ceive whatsvever aunt of money was sige tone wad take iy leave. The request for an audisnes was grauted,; aal when Eo repatred to the rug in which he was seated along, he manuitested the must extraurdinary courtesy. Desiring me ty bY ecati 4, he addressed me im such @ tone of urbanity and kindogss that L eould searcely beheve be was tig same individual who used to treab ine with o: ruffian b?utality. MWe commenced by atatine inet he was surry if any ® past eircumslances bal dered me ounliappy while ino his §uniy, but at tmbuted them ail to bastinesa of temper tor whieh ho profeased a profuund sorrow. He then qacs- tioned mo —ree indeed he led often dune betor. very minutely relative ta my reminiscerces ab ih: earlier portiva of my life ; and thinking that mow oa had attained iny majoritygand was going fo u-ive him, he might have sumething Linporbans fo Gene Inunicate, I spoxe without reserve. Ube then pros evedéd to make me the ost eatraordinacy proposal; and althouz§ he opened Jiis wind wien cautions sluwness—feeliny bis way as it wa, ‘eowilts the anust wary: cireusnlocu! lon —yet the ‘Proposition, when fully develuper], struck sne@ speachloas with wonder for sine minutes. [t was tothe effect that it I would consent to marry 4 certain person whan ho had selvected, he would present me with a sam of five thousand puunds; but that he did not require | fia ad Se ey 1 el » A ns CEP ee Ms SP Ae ea A mee Sony a ne nee | | -— __ a COMIC OOOKS. COR