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106 Act to the winds and prociaim Mrs. Fitzherbert his wife and his Queen. In such a case, would it be of no avail to us that the honour of the lady exists in our keeping? But, under aly circumstances, when we have obtained as much &s we can get from the Prince, we shall then dens#iad more through the influence and agency of Mrs. F itzherbert.” “You are right, Tim,” said the Atiiaon: © we will secure the possession of the Marquis of Bullvis’ papers. And now, when are we to rene var hegv« tiations with Joseph Warren, thé Magsman ?” “You and I will pay that worthy @ visit this very evening, my beauty,” answered Meagles, “ Only fancy what a glorious thing & Would be for as if we shoald succeed in obtaining the other half of the certificate, and if, when put together, the entire document proved that the present King was really married to Hannah Lightfoot! Why—not only would the honour of the Sovereign be com- pletely in our hastds—bat likewise the validity of his alliance with tWe Queen and the legitimacy of all his children.” “To be sure!” ejaculated We Buatros. “ua I am afraid, from certain and fragmentary though they beats the tnolety of the document whieh we now peseteh, ink he Yen math riage ever took plaeé.” -‘fhe whole tetoue of tak wo fot we can privates d ete taaite 0 two interpretations, —elrt for, an other a belief in bush @ Giaritegse. BA fe #o decide between them watil we van petise the deem ment as 4 wholé; add this evening we wit endes- vour to lay a train for the purchase of Uh fregtaent in old Lightfoot'’s possession,” added Tims for the old man’s death was unknown to him ead te Amazon. “ J dare say we shall succeed,” observed the iat- ter, rising from her seat. “We shall work with more energy now that it is for ourselves, than we did when the Prince commissioned you to negotiate privately in his behalf. But it is now mid-day, Tim—and the weather is clearing up. I must hasten home—change my Amazonian garb for a silk gown, gipsy-bonnet, and warm furs—and ap- pear in a dress which, as the common phraso goes, is suitable to my sex,” she added, laughing. “ And pray whom are you bent upon captivating to-day ?” demanded Tim, bestowing upon the splen- afd treatore 4 Caress Which she reveived in a mat- her indicating Vhat, however profligate she miphe be, wnd howevet lavish of her favours shé noto- Honsly was, the nevertheless entertained something Eke a Mtcere affection for Meagies. “ So far from having any such idea as you fmpnte to me, Tim,” sire said, in answer to the question which he had jocularly put to her, “I mesn to play the amiable towards olf Bir John, and take him ont for an atlring in the carriage. He will be so delighted that Yothing I way ask will be refosed ; artd Y shall pave the way to obtain the few thou- bands that you and I are likely to Purposes in the wourse of the week. Adieu Yor the present, my @eat Tim: 1 stall cafl Yor you at about Gieht this eventrty—and we will then proveed to. Tetker to Wile ciamic region of Horstydown.” @ A ag aimee, returned M press. ie Di Tips Vo Bee rit ted mouth; aril Ue Aniazon “upatart and the bold looks of a courtezan! . could it all mean? Mr. Hodson knew not: he wae require for ons [. took her departure from the lodgings of her para- mour. We cannot close this chapter without directing the attention of the reader to the fact that Mr. Meagles hal tmintained towards Lady Letitia Lade the amie weetery and silence relative to the orphan Bese whieh he had observed on the preceding evening with the Prince of Wales. CHAPTER XXX, WR. PAGE AND HIS WIFS We now go bed& to Mr. Page and his wife, whom we sfiall find preceeding arm-in-arm from the Borough towards eld London Bridge. The comrwercial traveller, flattering himself that he was aman worth six thousand pounds in ready money and possessing papers calculated to produce ag m@ph again, walked with his head erect and an air of s@@& assurance that one would have thought the entire metropolis belonged to him. In this respect he was well matthed by Julia, who, fancying that her gquudy bonwet and her flaunting shawl were sufficient her "quite the ber marched along with an of vulgar which made her seem ae if she Ramoied the street was wot half wide enough ferher. The Htth Boys stared at the singular-look- i ndwd people taperienced a sen- timent of fet thdts vanity—and when the poor shivering touched their hats ar curtsied, as the case of ak might be, Page helébis head up higher etill; for it wtrack him that he wie all of a suddes very much respested. Tn this mannet cressed the bithiice, and pro Veered straight to Wood Street, where they entered the warehouse of Mestre. Hodson and Morley. The seniot partuet Rappewed to be there at the torment, supssintending the unpacking of some bales of goods whick had just arrived; and, on hearing the door open, he raised his eyes and beheld the com- mercial traveller with a bold-loobking woman hanging to his arm. Mr. Hodson was astonished; and, putting on his spectacles, he indulged in another long stare at the newly-married couple. Yes—it was really Page,— Page with his hat cocked jauntily on one side of his head, and with sucks smirking familiarity expressed alike in his countenance and manner, that the sedate merchant knew not whether to consider him drunk or demented. But how different from the Mr. Page Who used to take off his beaver thé instant he crossed the threshold, and who was wont te glide noiselessly throngh the warehouse direct into the private offies as 3¥ he were treading upon eggs! And then that Woman, too—with the flaunting dress of a bewilderéd—and, turning towards the porter who wtood gazing open-mouthed upon the pair, he said ia & hollow tone," Ask Mr Morley to step This way.” "I hope I don’t intrude, Hodson,” exclaimed Puge, his chin and speaking in a sort of blandly tone: “ but I thought that as I Wis in the neighbourhood I might just as well drop in to ask you how you got on, and likewise to tall yva, my boy, to look out for another country-tre- ¥ I’ve cut the thing dead, Dfye hear, Hed- ‘son ¥” GORMGOOOKXS co