The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 300: what you’re looking at

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—_—_ A Danette RR seeming outrage. Let me have a fow words with you aside.” “ Certainly, my young friend,” said the mer- chant. ‘“ Your presence here is sufficient to in- duce me to suspend my opinion, as you de- giro.” - “ Madame Angelique,” said Christian, now step- ping up to the ex-milliner, and whispering these words rapidly but impressively in her ear, “ in the name‘of the Lady Indora, the dead Sagoonah, and the infamous Duke of Marchmont, I command you to remain where you are! Dare to attempt flight —and I at once proclaim your numerous crimes !” The Frenchwoman remained transfixed with a sense of awful consternation; and Christian now turned to address a few words to the man whom Gir Frederick Latham had felled to the ground, but who had by this time regained bis feet. No. 89.—FourntH Surizs. f | 4 il I} % — — == ———— Ne re ETT ne THE MYSTBRIES OF THB COURT. “ Hasten after your companion, and bring him back! Coward that he is! be might have known that I wae at hand to shield him !” The man to whom Christian thus spoke, sped away after hie comrade; and our hero then again turned towards Sir Frederick Latham. Having assured himeelf by a glance that Madame Ange- lique showed no inclination to depart, Christian aaid to the merchant, “ Without entering into all details Sir Frederick, I hope to be enabled in a few words to convince you of the propriety of a proceeding which you could not, in your ignorance of the facte, have regarded otherwise than as a most scandalous outrage.” Christian then gave some brief explanations, to which Sir Frederick Latham listened with pro- found attention. “ And it is not only Madame Angelique,” added co Lf G OVO) (CO Lf