The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 301: what you’re looking at

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288 ~ @ Yes—and they POY ean mentioned the name of the Stanleys,” responded Madame Angelique. “ Ah, I recollect !—I saw something hinted about another being behind the scenes: but I can’t fancy who it could be.” “T don’t know why,” said Marchmont, “but it has occurred to me that the same individual who extorted the confession from Lettice of all that basiness down at Oaklands in the winter—whose voice she thought familiar, if you recollect, but whoee face she could not catch a glimpse of—may have been her secret friend throughout this last affair P”’ “But now that it is all over,” cried Madame Angelique, “ it is scarcely woesh while to bewilder oneself with conjecture. Fortunately my name did not transpire at the trial-———” “ No—it was fortunate,” observed the Duke. “By the bye, have you ever heard anything about Eveleen O’Brien ?” “Ah! there’s another ungrateful wretch,” ex- claimed Madame Angelique, again getting exeited over her wrongs. “She too has turned penitent! and I’m sure that if penitence becomes an epidemic, like the cholera or anything of that sort, I shall have to shut up shop. No—not while I have such patrons as your Grace!” cried the in- famous woman, thinking if necessary to pay the Dake this compliment. Marchmont rose to take his departure,—pre- vious to doing which, however, he placed a roll of bank-notes in Madame Angelique’s hand, as an Karly on the following morning the Dake sent off s message to Oaklands with a letter containing the post, addressed to the Lady Indora, acquainting her that their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Marchmont had the pleasure ot placing their country-seat in Hampshire at her ladyship’s dis- Pe ane me aS ght be agreeable to her to sojourn on Angelique wes oarefal to amare Indore in thi letter that the Duke and Duchess were ocoupying their town-mansion, and had no thought of going the Lady Indora would be perfect mistress of Oaklands—and she (Madame Angelique) wished her ladyship all possible health to enjoy her rambles about the beautifal scenery of THE aichduiautamed OF THE COURT. ‘one of the servants to whom she confided the nature of that letter. Thus it happened that the name of Mr. Redcliffe was never mentioned by Sagoonah to Madame Angelique. The Princess Indora duly received Madame An- gelique’s note; and without communicating ite contents to a soul, commenced her preparations for departure. She informed Christina that par- ticular business would take her away for a few days,—during which interval she hoped the young maiden would not feel dull nor lonely; and she gave her permission to invite her brother Chris- her syah know it. COMMIC DOO Col