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THE MYSTERIES OF THE COURT. 345 surrounded by cowforts of every kind, and rapidly recovering ber health and strength, had every reason to bless the generosity of Isabella Vincent. The young lady returned to the metropolis,—hav- ing previously learnt by letter a sufficiency of the startling incidents which had occurred at Oak- lands, to comprehend how important a change bad taken place in the circumstances of Christian and Christina. And now some months elapsed—which interval brings us down to the date of the cir. cumstances that oocupied the preceding chapter. CHAPTER CLIII. LAST SCENE WITH THE GERMANS. The week which was to be passed at Oaklands by the young Duke of Marchmont, his sister, and No. 96.—Fovurrn Srxizs. their guests had expired; and the twins returned to London. The day fixed for the nuptials of our young hero and Icabella was close at hand: but. before we come to that point of our story, there is, an incident to relate. Tt was the day before the one that was to ren- der Christian so supremely happy—and at about two o'clock in the afternoon—when, as he was seated in the drawing-room, a footman entered to announce that the threo noblemen who some little while back visited his Grace, bad called to solicit another audience. The footman—making sure that the Duke of Marchmont would receive them —had already ushered them as far as the outer drawing-room; and he now stood upon the threshold, holdizg the door half open. “Toll those persons,” said the young Duke, “ that Iam engaged. I decline to seo them.” “Varo govt !” exclaimed the Chevalier Gum- | binnen, now pushing past the footman into Chris- comicibooks.conm 4