The Mysteries of the Court of London, Vol. 7 — page 214: what you’re looking at

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SWE MYSTRRIES OF FRR COURT. Ce “AL the railway station,” answered Lettie. ! “Tt was my purpose to ask you to recommend me ; to a suitable hotel: but sinca you have been kind enough to insist that Iehall take up my temporary alwde beneath your root, I will. go aad order my effects to bo brought hither.” It. wae sow close upon ten o'clock; and the ald “1 cannot think of allowing you to gq qué again | miner progeeded to the strong rogm,—which, ue the at thie late hour,” asid Mr, Pollard. “The very reader will reauilect, also served him as a bed- first thing in the morning 1 will progure seme-age | chamber. He had to part on the following day to fetch your boxes frum the terminag, you | with the sum of three thousand pounds; sad are not cgld in this, sogm withous a fire, we will sit | though it way uot his own money, yet thore was and chat a little logger; and there will be no harm | aomething gratifying in the poawnaion of it, He in wy looking at thege papers ef once; it will save | loved to fanet bis eyes ov magsoa of shining yold—- some trouble for the marrow—read thon there will | thet gold whieh wea the idol of his agotistio wor. be nothing for you to do but siga the yoloases and | mhipi On the very day that May. Rayner at- receive your money.” 'taingd her majority, he bad drawn the eum of Thus speaking, the old man provesded to opm | three thousand poynds from his banker, end bad the packet; and putting on hia spectacles, he com. | deposited it in his iron safe. A large portion was menced the examination of the documents, —musing | in the yellow specie: the remainder in bauk-notos, audibly as he proceeded, | The old man now sat down ef the table to eyunt “Tho certificate of your birth—aye, to be sure! over those notes and that gold from which ho was I remember it well. The certificate of your mar- | to paréon the morrow. He experienced a farling riage-—and aleo this French paper contgining the | very cloyely bordering ppon affliction at the pro- proof of your peor husband's death. — am glad: spect of having to swparate bimuelf from solarze a you brought it, as it is to certain extent neces-, sym: but yet nub for a moment did he entertain sary. Ab! these, J see, are several letters of mine the thought of self-appropristing it—por did he to you, merely on basiness-matiera. And hero is! regret heving honourably porformed the datics of your French paseport: heir, brown--eyes, blue— guardianshif® jn sespect to thes money and its stature, tull—the least thing stouf—and so on. rightiul owner, whom be now supposed to bo be- Very good! We will now put up these papers neath his roof. Byt he mt down to count it, not uguin; and you can keep them. If EF have looked mercly to convinos himgelf, for the tenth timo over them, ¢ was ag a mere matter of form—and ‘ since he bad it in bia possession, that it was cor- nothin; else.” -rect—but bkewise to have the grataication of fia- “Of course, my dear sir,” angwered Lettice, in- , gering and contemplating it for the last tine but finitely relieved when this new ordeal was over,’ one. We eay dué ong, because the ald man naty- “yuu are bound to conduct the affair in @ buajnesa- | rally expected thet on the merroy he would have lhe way. And now, with your permission, I will to count the money again when hagding it over to relare to rest: for 1 teel much fatigued.” | its claimant—and then indercd for tp last timo | Mr. Pollard sang the bell; pnd the summogs; Megnwhile Mre. Webber had geceuded to her was unwediately answered by Mra. Webber, who , own chawber, making ber footsteps sound with had pot long re-entered the house after her meet- unusual heaviness upon the stairs, and slamwing ing with Barney the Bursker. She wae totally ‘ the door of the room with @ certain degree of vio. unaware that ony one had been admitted during Jence—and all for the purpose of making the eup- hur temporary absence; and ehe was therefore posed Mrs. Raynor beer that she had thus suught aiuitten with astonishmené on finding ber master her own apartment. There the treacherous house. seated with a lady. Ae a matter of course she at keopey wat down for about a quarter of an hour,— once cuuciuded that this must be Mrs. Rayner; retalsing 13 ber hand an old-fashivned silver nud quickly recovering her self-pogsession, sho wateh which she posse&kod, and keeping ber cycs wesuycd uu air of placid benignity, as if pleased fixed upon the dial. If we were to folluw the tran that the loung-expected one shuuld have come at of her sousings we should flud that she wee exccud- lust. | ingly well acquainted with the habits of her mas “This is Myre. Rayner,” easid she oid misor to * ter, although she bad been so shurt a time in hig his housekeeper; “and thus by ber presence aro ‘Service: bat then she Lad entered this service fur all apprehensions for her safety sot at pest. Haye a special object, and ale Lad tywled wot to watoh all se gvoducss to conduct Mr¢. Rayner to the hig proceadings and scquire as deep an insight as chamber prepared for her reception. Quod aight, | pogeible into his habits and customs, Louie.” | * Flo will sit down in his room fur a good half- “Good night, my dear sir,” answered Letties s : hour,” abe said to herself, “ te Jook over his bovks, and she then followed Mrs. Webber from the : onter the transactions of the dey, and sum up his CHAPTER ASX]. THE STRONG ROON. SS cra mee ker, Gr OS rooin. A few minutes afterwards the housckcerer teturned to the perlour, to make the usya inquiry as to whether her waster needed apyting syure ere she retared fur the night; and the reapunse pejng in tbe ngyative, she withdrew. SF ee) ami dana ce, diame enema amine etnaiineimmmnemamanel | profits before he barricades bimaclf in for the night. '4t a quarter past ten precisely I aw to give ade mission to Barney and Bill Seott: there will then be a goud quarter of un hour to dothe work. Yee -—-und 1% shall be dune tov, wo matter this Ddrg, Rayners presente if shall be dove at any trash 1” Wiile thuse musing, Mrs. Webber continued to ‘regard the minute-hand of her watch; and just as ;it marked twelve minutes pact ten, she took of hee i shoes, opened the cour very gently, and noiselcgely a ete al pee eecgeepnentaes __seeaar nae AE SI a SES (C NOG SS