The Mysteries of the Court of London, Vol. 7 — page 50: what you’re looking at

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Builey, thd fled thence in the manner already {joined the lady's-maid: “she is gone away on described, the Duchess of Marchinont, sinking | foot.” } dewn from her temporary excitement, intu that} ‘On foot P* echoed Clandon, with continued blank, dead, unnatural calmness which indicated | amagument. “But where? whither? What pure utter despair, —said to her maids, “Give mo my | pose has her Grace in view P” bunnet—my shawl—my gloves —ahd I will take; “All this, my lord, I know not,” anewered my dephrture.” Jane. “Her Grace bade us farewell—and de- “ Shall I order a carringe for your Grace?’ in- | parted, ae 1 have told you.” quired Jane, adewn whose checks the tears were | Lurd Claudgn descended the ataira slowly, and trickling, although in her heart she believed the {in profound mental deliberation. Again he kuecked Duchees guilty notwithstanding her solemn pro- at the door ot the apartincnt in wnich the Dake testations tu the contrary. had shut bimeelf: bus this time the key turned “No,” answered Eliza: “I will depart on {not in the luck. From within however the Dake foot. Portionlvse and penniless was I received as | demauded in @ voice which sounded irritable and a wife: portionless and penniless will I go forth as | stern, “ Who is it P Wherefore am 1 thus inces- a discarded and branded creature.” aantly disturbed ?” The two tuaide threw themselves weeping at} “ ltis I, uncle,” answered [ord Claudon. “Her Eliza's feet, conjuring her not to carry this resolve | Gruce bas taken her departura———-” into execution: but she was firm—and in that; “Enough! Trouble me nu more! Leave me, very firmness she issued her commands in a voice | I insist!” exclaimed the Duke frown within. Give { *that secined more than decisive: it was even stern. | ordors, Hugh, that no one comes tome. I would t . desiréd itn to gu and give immediate instructions aifvauinasstatiien The maids rose, and in profound silence gave her | be tone —entirely alone |” the things she e xed for. When she was dressed | Lord Clandun dared not speak another word; for departure, her looks softened towards them; | and hastening away from the door, he was abuvut and ate eaid in a tremulous voice, © Your kindness, | to summon a domestic, when he benald bis own my dear girle, touchea me deeply: for, Oh! this] valet Travers ascending the atairu. is indeed a trial] in the midet of which such kind- “ Go and counter-order the travelling carriage,” ness is to be felt. Farewell! Trouble not your- | said Clandon, “ which a few minutes back I com- selves for me. Remain here until you are sought | manded to be got in readiness.” ; out aod questions are put to you as to the mode of “ Yes, my lord,’ said the valet! and he hurried my departure. Then sry that as | brought nothing | off to execute his master’s instructions. with me of my own when the Duke took me asa] Jt was now aix v'cluck in the evening; and the wife, so 1 bear nuthing away with me. Tell him | guests wero all grouped in the drawing-room, likewise that in my writing-desk be will tind the } discussing in whispers as much as they kuew of papers to whieh I alluded in the letter juat now | what had taken place. Some were sugyesting the sent him. And once aguin, farewell.” propriety of immediately ordering thew carriages With these last words - and nut trusting herself {and tuking, their departure, as their presence to fling another look upon the two weeping dam. | under existing circumstances might bo regarded acls -the Duchess abruptly quitted the chamber.|as an indelicate intrusion. But others recom. Seeking the private stuivcase, she descended it | mended that no precipitate steps should be taken, quickly, and passed out of the side-door into the | 4s after all it might transpire that the Dacheas grounds. No one observed her egress: and the | had been wrongly judged, and @ cumplete racon- two maids remained together in the cha:nbbr, | ciliation tnivht take place between herevlf and the weeping bitterly at the mvurnful circum#ances | Duke: for they knew not that Bliaa bad stroady under Which they were thus suddenly deprived of | left Oaklands. 4 mistress whom they loved, und whuse conduct | In the midst of these whisperings, Lord Clandon had been uniformly kind towards them. entered the drawing-ruom; and the gueste per- Meanwhile Lord Clandon, as the reader will | ceived at onee by bis countenance thet sumething recollect, iad returned to the apartment wherein | terribly decimve bad taken plage. He expressed the Duke had locked himself,—bis nephew's objcot | his regret that anything should have acourred to now being to report that Mrs. Bulcy had gune | mar tie pleasure which had hitherto prevailed at without the Duchess, and to obiain farther in- | the toanewn; and be delicately yot plaialy inti- structions. Ip about ten minutes Lord Clandon | mated that an irreparable breach had arisen bee issued forth agains; and summoning a fyotman, | tween his uncle and the Duciose—that the later bad ictt tha mansiun—aud that the furmer, over- whelmed with affliction, had shut himeel’ up ta the solithde yf bw apartinent. Tue gaeate-donged ty bear more explicit details: but guod taste pre- vented them from puting any qaestiona; end tuey now saw iat there was Gutuing for them to do but to order their carriages and to have the plain chariot gotten in readiness. He then asvended*to the room which Eliza had so recently left gand knocked gently at the door. 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