The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 313: what you’re looking at

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A more genemes- | own amour in tranquillity and privacy,— Mra.’ Brace the door—end re ‘a'ffy, ‘Miss, -alided-the | herself ‘fhee to face with an infividuadl who unsese- he held ‘in ‘one frend, and down with the aire vetipiny frea engender rb a_seglirn other the buit-enf of a pistol that peeped ‘out of | countenance—and, to tmspeahabie ‘horror, ‘she the 'Magsman, her husband! you ebserve,*he enid, chucking her-‘under the chin. “Thus speaking, theman made a sort of bow, and; © What 4athe name of hesven do youqwantaow?” “Come, 4 i wih tele you toeny'lodging | ing: dewn his hanil with‘ber own. ‘"Ifis-be maney, | Which isn’t -very‘far off” sald the woman. “ My | meme thesum and the place whither & is to be-vent teave me thie moment husbend is: cxttle-frover, you must know, and is {but she aldo, going ‘to ‘drive some beasts to Smishfieltl Market | almost to death lest her lover should awatke. presendy. Thats why we are ont so iste—or rather | “Now, ‘dad't be Sarried, my love.” anid the so early in the morning. 1 was going with him: | Mageman, with the most provoking eociness - fer but now I shall have more pleasure in placing you | you kaow very well that I am of rather an-cOstiente in safety.” . -1¢ ; and therefore the ‘more you The woman rapeke with wach am,air of candour, |erp to get 14 of me, the longer wf be my viet. honesty, and sincerity that she snoceeded in re. | Bat I-don't hesitate to set-your mind a¢ ease on mong from Gandile’s mind dhe im. one thing —which is that I'm not in any partiestar pression which the sinister countenance, rough | want of at Uhis moment” voice, ead coarse manners of her coispariien‘had| ‘~ Then what do-you require?” demanded Sirs. '| made epen it: and the young indy, therefore, no | Brace, not flaring to loek- towards the bed for ‘fear longer ihesttated ‘to ; | they moved-away from the spet, the -weman tock ‘there and should treat ‘him with ss Mtge ceremony off her cloak and insisted that Oamitta should wrap |‘but in as extortionate a manner es he did the herself up fn 4¢ ;-and es the garment had @ hood to | Prince of Wales on that evering when Nis Reyal it, the maiden was thoroughly protected from the Tapemees was coneealed behind the cartein ia the eold. « parlour. ‘This proofof kisiness won Oarallls's entire con-| “What do I require?” repeated Jee Warren: | fidence ; and awey.she sped with her new friend. [“qwhy—it will take mo a few minutes te de- ‘® ‘®@ a ® @ @ ‘poribe——-” . | Parture of the 'Prince—and the miffiner slept |’ » e ® r e “Then ‘why not come te-merrow eveniag—oer We must now retarn ence more to the interior ef | write 'to me?’ exclaimed Mrs. Brace, grnsping at Mrs. Brace’s house. the hope tiat‘the suggestions would preve antis- it-was neatly one oviock—twouty minutes had |\fectory and induce him to leave her. elasped since the fight of Camilla and the de- “ You're a fog), Fanpy,” returned the Mageman, soundly, Hite dreaming what memerntous incilents | I walking : ing about Loafion of oxertacy ir > , us Can a gn , had taken place beneath her roof that night. me | A light burnt upon the faflette-table ia-‘her bed~ thamber; and the embers of a fire were dinonider- ‘ing in the grate. | The curtains were drawn completely round the couch, whence came the slow and steady respiration of two persons : for, in plein truth, the milliner was sleeping in the arms of a lover. ¢ was nearly one o'clock tn the moraing, we said —and a profound silence reigned ‘throughout the establishment. . oat Bat euddenly this scienm stiliness was ‘broken by | you this visit to-night” some one stumbling on the stairs; and Mrs. Brace © J obtain you a free pardian !—conmnit me f” ex- started up in alarm. fer eompanion slept on, un- claimed the amazed and bewildered mitliner ; “ Gisturbed by the sound—and she did not choose to | must either be mad or joking—and gurely this te awake him : for it struck her at the instant that the not the hour to make a jest of people” noise which had aroused her must be caused by the “ By Satan! it is no jest, I can tell you Prinee of ‘Wales who, in spite of the injanction she lated Warren. “Come, listen attentively a had given him, was groping his-way to her chamber. | few minutes, and our business can be goon settled. Sach was Mrs. Brace’s ‘i on. i'm sorry to keep you standing in the cold, my She Rstened as she sate up in the bed—and now, love,” added the fellow, with a leer: “but unless Gatinetly as she could count the beating of her you like to return to your bed and admit me—— ©) COLT NOOKS.«EO