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

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ee, THE MYSTERIES OF THE OOURT. seeming outrage. Let mo have a fow words with you aside.” “ Certainly, my young friend,” said the mer- ebant. “ Your presence here is sufficient to in- duce me to suspend my opinion, as you de- aire.” 3 “ 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 toremain 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 ‘Bir Frederick Latham had felled to the ground, but who had by this time regained his feet. No, 80,—FourtH Sugizs. o * Hesten after your companion, and bring hin back! Coward that he is! be might have known that I was at hand to shield him !” The man to whom Christian thus spoke, eped away after bis comrade; and our hero then again turned towards Sir Frederick Latham. Having assured himeelf by a glance that Madame Ange- lique showed no inolination to depart, Christian said to the merchant, “ Without entering into all details Sir Frederick, I hope to be enabled in « 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 moet 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 comicibooks.conm