The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 142: what you’re looking at

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THR MYRTERIER OF THE COURT. 129 bastened to Paris. After the tuneral I procesded, by the aid of a notary, to examine into my late pafent’s affairs. Alas! I found them in the most deplorable condition. In short, I inherited little beyond the bare title of a Marquis—and Oh! how valueless was that title! Better, better far to have been reared to some honest trade, than to have bees brought up with the lofty notions of rank and high birth! My condition was hopeless in the extreme. Tusa. Be. Tag EAI02 = Te << er Ze | No. 17,.—THIRD SERIFS. comicbooks.com