The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 356: what you’re looking at

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THE MYSTERIES OF T.lE COURT. Gene vicinage of St. James's Square, upon which, be it remembered, a portion of Mrs. Brace’s esta- 845 \ MA A door was thrown open---and in another momens the young maiden found herself in the presence of blishment looked, and into which Rose had descended | Tim Meagles. on the night of her escape from the Prince of Wales. Upon reaching Mrs. Piggleberry’s house in Jermyn Street, the trembling girl learnt with a ee at home Bat even while she was ascend- ey stairs to his apartment, a miagiving sprang up in her mind—for she thought that if Malmeth's ol leer ghee grape her happiness in this workL She stopped short for a moment—she was even inclined to turn back sud- denly and beat a precipitate retreat from the house: but the countenances of Melmoth’s famished wife and children presented themeelves to ber imagination See ee ont Dat Wray Se Sa alley, Ma, Piggieterry guiding bec. Starting from the chair in which be was lounging —tossing into the fire the cigar which he was smok- ing—and almost upeetting the bottle of claret which be had commenced, Meagles bounded towards her, exclaiming, “ Miss Foster ! is it indeed you? Thank God that we have met again * The pressure which be gave her hand in both his own was as warm and cordial as his words were fer- vent and weloome; and as be led the maiden to 3 scat, she felt convinced in her own mind that Mea- gles must have been ealumniated to Melmoth, whe “Sit down, Miss Foster—oompoee yourself—you are agitated—you are pale—but you have nothing to fear in this house,” exclaimed Meagies, giving rapid utterance to these assurances. “I know that you have beeu persecuted—but I thank God that I see nn comicbooks.conn