The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 254: what you’re looking at

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224 THE COURT OF LONDON lenden, with a smile. ‘‘ So far as I am concerned, I should be truly pleased to hear of my unfortunate cousin’s safety, and likewise of his happiness. It is his mother the dowager- countess and his brother Eugene the earl, who have carried on the suit with a merciless perseverance against me; and I believe that poor Raymond has been more their tool than their auxiliary.” ‘“‘ He always spoke of your ladyship in the most respectful terms,”’ said Brooks; ‘‘ and I have frequently heard him deplore the feuds which subsisted between yourself and his family, — the more so that your ladyship’s self was a Mont- gomery previous to your marriage with the late Marquis of Bellenden.” “Poor Lord Raymond!” observed the marchioness, rising from her seat as a signal of her wish to retire for the night. ‘‘ I most sincerely hope that we shall soon receive satisfactory tidings concerning him.” . (E(O) COMIC <E