The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 383: what you’re looking at

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THE MASQUERADE — SCENE SECOND = 349 scrutinizing look which she threw upon him, and they had marked the rapidity with which she turned back and plunged again into the crowd. Then they followed her at a distance, and they perceived that she was evidently hastening away from the brilliant scene, probably with a view of quitting it altogether; and the Turk was already pressing forward to introduce himself to her notice, when she suddenly stopped short, as if some new idea had struck her, and the next ‘moment she was retracing her way through the busy throng of masques, toward the spot where the Blue Domino (Lord Montgomery) was still standing. The Turk and the Black Domino likewise altered their course, still bending their steps in the track of that being whose form possessed so many ‘captivating graces as to impress upon the mind the conviction that her face must be of a corresponding loveliness. But this time she approached the Blue Domino with a slower and more timid step, and while she was thus accosting Montgomery in the manner and with the result already described, the Turk and the Black Domino were intently observing her proceedings from the opposite side of the stage. ‘“ By the living God, Germain,” said the Turk, suddenly clutching his companion by the arm, “I never was so enchanted by the elegance, the symmetry, and the grace of a woman’s form as 1 am at this moment. Such a creature must possess the countenance of a divinity.” ‘Her complexion is certainly charming, your Royal Highness,’”’ was the response given by the Black Domino. ‘“‘ Her complexion! ”’ ejaculated the Prince of Wales, who was disguised in Turkish garb. “Is that all you notice with regard to her? Look at her figure; it is as finely proportioned as that of poor Octavia Clarendon. Then her foot and ankle, and the symmetry of her leg— Oh, Germain, I must and will possess her, and ’tis for you to manage the affair for me in some way or another.”’ “Your Royal Highness may rest assured that if it be possible,” said Germain, ‘‘ this matter shall terminate — according to your wishes.” ‘But what extraordinary coquetry is this which she is practising toward that Blue Domino?” exclaimed the prince, aside to his faithful dependent. ‘ Look how timidly CORNUC