The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 386: what you’re looking at

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J a ee ee Oe ee She s a, “te ~~ 3 ns * ee ey 8 Te ea Le French; and therefore be had not learnt that there was an English lady at the tower, and that the was the chieftaiu's wife. He was conse- quently surprised when he beheld a female ap- parelled in a garb totally different from that of the other women whom he had as yet seen, and which belonged to the fashions suited for the meridian of Paris or of London, At first he took her to bea Spaniard: for such an impression might well be conveyed by Juliana’. appearance, —her hair being of raven darkness, her eyes black and ful! of fire, and ber complexion a de- licate olive. He thought of turning aside and passing in another direction,—believing her to be a member of the band: when it struck him that, like himself, she might possibly be a cap- tive. He therefore coutinued to advance; and the nearer he drew, the more forcibly did it oocur to him that she could scarcely be a native of Spain—but that her splendid beauty and gor- geously developed form, together with her mien and carriage so statuesque and lady-like, denoted her as a countrywoman of his own. No. 101.—THIRD SERIES. (CO an () DOO