The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 33: what you’re looking at

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THE DISINTERMENT 15 been with her to the bathroom, gathered around the grave, and in a short time a considerable hollow was dug by the workmen. ‘These men now prosecuted their labours with all befitting caution, so as not to strike their implements into the corpse, which they reached in due course. It was enveloped in a sheet, and the rope ladder of silken cords was found inside the grave. Thus every detail was precisely as Lady Ernestina had described it, and the dead body was borne into the house. We shall not endeavour to probe the feelings with which Sir Valentine Malvern gazed upon the decomposing remains of the author of his being. Suffice it to say that he experi- enced all the grief which an affectionate son was sure to testify on such a solemn as well as sorrowful occasion. He then retired with Larry Sampson, leaving the medical men to perform their examination with a view to ascertain whether the deceased had experienced foul play otherwise than as Lady Ernestina described. ‘““ And so, Mr. Sampson,” with the officer through the garden, ‘‘ you feel that should the surgical report be satisfactory, you will be justified in allowing the matter to be hushed up? ” ‘“‘ Assuredly,’”’? answered Sampson. ‘“‘ In consequence of the various representations you have made to me, and with the justness of which I fully concur, I should consider myself to be acting officiously, instead of officially, in giving publicity to this unfortunate series of events.”’ “TI thank. you most sincerely for adopting so considerate and kind a course,” said Valentine. Then, after a brief pause, he added, ‘‘ Lady Ernestina is to a great extent to be pitied. She evidently loved my poor father dearly.”’ ‘ But her conduct toward her husband,”’ observed Larry, “was certainly of the most monstrous description, and when you say that she is to be pitied, I suppose you mean in reference to the sad transactions which we are now investi- gating, and not in respect to any other matter? ”’ ‘Lady Ernestina emphatically stated to me,’’ rejoined Malvern, “‘ that the provocation she had received from her husband was immense, and she as plainly and unreservedly confessed that hers was a woman’s vengeance. ’’ “There can be no doubt that Dysart was a man of depraved habits, heartless disposition, and unprincipled ) said Valentine, while walking (CS) nn) GDoOo S (CO nin