The Mysteries of the Court of London, Vol. 5 — page 86: what you’re looking at

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_ @ _—- ——_—_—_—> — - ts Be ° a pat =i Wn Le. t it it i oat" ae ,terouble you have got yourself {ntof How did ‘all this happen? What does it mean? Well, woll, poor dear -lady, I won't worry you. I dare say you will tell me all about it another time. But, O dear me! what a wound! Why you must havo cut yourself with a sharp flintatone, or something. You would certainly have bled to death if ygu had gone without hAvidg the wound dressed. And the Loot too*~almost Med with blood! the stocking dripping wet! dear me, dear me:” In this strain did Ross go on ing, at the game time treading about the room and making a clatter with the things just as if ehe were in the excitement of a tremendous bustle to get all that was necessary under the circumstances. But in tho mean while what was Lady Bess heraelf doing Tho instant she had given those hurried and softly whispered instructions to Rosa, she delayed not in carrying into execution the plen whioh had suggested itself to her while she was arriving thither in the carriage. Sho looked at her watch: it No. 10,—-THIRD SERIES, 3s THK MYSTERINS OF THE gouRT. a3 td ofeeees eee ep veer fat a: Ota bbe ee dee = 28 7 U6 Ee ge, Be CF ns . ry =". %" ° —_ & tro oe SA en uupeR wantdll exactly twenty-five minutes totwo o'clock. Wo tima to lose!” Taking a very small scrap of paper, she wrote thereon the following lines :— Delateyd—szedpa. Onkpe-=O8 daxpeatyr ex acagp * hid le jefe azfdp estp ‘Ebps a) xigfepd ez ehs. ® » Having folded ap this little scrap of paper int the atallest possible compass, she tied a small piece of silken thread around it; which being done, pho hastily whispered to Rosa, “Make some good rattling noise while I open the window.” Roga, instantaneously obeying this order, cun- menced no inconsiderable din with the basin anid jag and other thing# on tho washing-stand, during whiow clatter Lady Bessopened the casement, the noiso thereof being drowned in the din of the crookery-ware. Sho now reached forth hor hand, and tgoloin a large wicker bird-cage which huny just outside the window. Thijs cage containe:! Tiger ea ———————— ee ee_— (C OOO) SS (CO)