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

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| thes 4 SA Z wouldwtt | young tady~—anil ‘she'll take as moth care of :you| “Well, my love, I come to see you at-eff heurs, a8 ¥f dhe was your own natoral parent.” | “Which isn’t -very‘far off” sald the woman. “ My | meme thesum and tho place whither %t is to beveet teaveme thie moment ns ie ih a CREE a ap "He wTeTmneis. — = a a a nor was dhe reassured when, on gianding et the |-palpliating heart, Gid cho heer footsteps etealttdly man’s countenance, sheobserved it was villances. | approach the deor. looking Sx the extreme. . : Genvineed thet % wes ‘his Royal Highnes-who The woman instantaneously perceived the effect j'baving no doubt failed in his -attempt dsewhere, . young indy, end hastened tq ;wae revelved'to share her couéh,—and angry to diemend, Mins~- | Cink thet she could net'be dlowed to enjey her ‘exclaim, “My husbend is:a rough | bat he is atrusone Sr all-that. A more genemes- | own amour in tranquillity and privacy,— Mra.’ Brace the door—end re ‘a‘ffy, 'Mist,” -alided-the | herself ‘face to face with an infividual who unsese- he held in ‘one frend, and down with the nicl retipiny free eeienther orb a_seglirn other the fs 1 that ‘out of | countenance—and, to her mnspeakable ‘horror, ‘she ‘buitven# yiato poeped "ae Pin ; you ebserve,*he anid, chucking her-under the chin. “Thus speaking, theman made a sort of bow, and; “~ What 4athe name of hesven do youqwantaow?” hurried away - ‘Gamentied the wrutched woman, irpetacutly Gash- “Come, § i wih tele you toeny'lodging | ing: dewn his hand with‘ber own. "If is-be maney, husbend is: oxttle-frover, you must know, and is { —bet she aide, 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, ‘dat 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 kpow very well that I am of rather an-cbstiente in safety.” : , 1¢ ; and therefore the ‘more you The woman rapeke with such sm,air of candour, |erp to get tid of me, the longer #ffl be ‘my vist. honesty, and sincerity that she snoceeded in re. | But I-dont hesitate to set-your mind a6 ease on mong from Gandile’s mind dhe im. ons thing —whioh is that ca not in any partienine pression which the sinister countenance, rough | want of: “at Chis moment” voice, ead coarse manners of her coispaniien ‘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 maaner es he did the herself up fn 4¢ ;-and as the garment had @ hood to |-Prince of Wales on that everfing when Mis Reyal eold. @ parlour. ‘This proofof kisiness won Oarallls's entire con-| “What do I require?” repeated Joe Warren: | fidence ; and awey.she sped with her new friend. {“why—it will take mo « few minutes te de- ‘® ‘®@ = ® @ @ ‘poribe——-” . | Parture of the 'Prince—and the miffiner slept |’ » e e ° e “Then ‘why not come te-merrow eveniag—oer We must now retarn euee more to the interior ef | write'to me?’ exclaimed Mrs. Brace, grusping at Mrs. Brace’s house. the hope tiat‘the suggestions would preve antis- it-‘was nearly one o'vlock—twonty minutes had |\factory and induce him to leave her. elasped since the dight of Camilla and the de- “ You're a fog), Fanny,” returned the Mageman, ly. “How the devil do you suppose that soundly, Hite dreaming what memertous incilents I can go walking about Lomion of an evesing, after had taken place beneath her roof that night. escaping out of Newgate and A light burnt upon the tollette-tabie ia ‘her bed- | rewards thamber; and the embers of a fire were sionider- ‘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. t was nearly one o’elock the moraing, we seid —and a profound silence reigned ‘throughout the establishment. . ont 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 pardan !—conmit me f” ex- started up in alarm. fer eompanion slept on, un- SRE ene camel and bexiidered milliner 5 “vs Gisturbed by the sound—and she did not choose to must either be mad or joking—and surely is 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-wayto 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 Retened as she sate up in the bed—and now, love,” added the fellow, with a leer: “but unless Gatinetly as she vould count the beating of her you like to return to your bed and admit me—— ©) COLT NOOKS.«EO