The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 294: what you’re looking at

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. TRE MYSTERINS OF THE COURT. ‘ . ou Alas! alas! that such dread depravity, should have prevailed where there was so much , beauty, 281 and wrote thereon the following words, intended for Sir Douglas Hantingdon :— such intelligence, and auch naturally, god-like : qualities on either side! Venetia ‘now left her husband to continue the manufacture of the punch, while she hastened up to’her’own boudoir: ‘and sitting down, to her writing desk, she penned the following note, which she intended for the Earl of Curzon:— , 4h peomieal thal: Tonal ihy 0 Sow. ams nts’ yhat hand;:and I keep my word. The reason why I thus com- mit myself to paper isto furnish you with a proof of my sincerity, so that in return you may hesitate not to renger moe the great and important service which I require at your hands. Come to me to.morrow morning at eleven o'clock. I will receive you in my ‘boudoir, where We may converse ca eiaa eee are ’ “VENETIA.” ' ‘Having penned this note in her beantifal fluent 86°. band, Lady Reckrals took another piece of peper round, “T promised that I would alip a note into your hand thls evening; and I keep my word. Yes—lI love thee; and I accept thy love im return! : The reason why I write‘ these lines is because I can make upon paper that appointment which I should never have dared to breathe with my lips The punch will be strong: you can affect to, be overcome dy it; and Sackville will offer: you a chamber for the night in our suite of apartments - I shall be alone in my boudolr, the door of which faces the marble statue of Diana in the gallery. ‘ “ VENETIA.” Having concluded this ’ seoond billet, Venetia proceeded to fold each up into the smallest possible compass; and thrusting one into the right, bosom of her dress and the other: into, the, left, she re- turned to the saloon. There she found the caré. playing going en and the.punch already served At as moment, too, the Earl of aia , . comliclbooks.com