The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 350: what you’re looking at

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320 THE COURT OF LONDON he could not trace therein the slightest indication of any dark suspicion on her part. No, the poor lady imagined that her younger son had been foully dealt with by murderous robbers; and when, after the arrival of medical assistance, she regained full possession of her faculties, the piteous lamentations which she poured forth all proved that such indeed was the painful idea she entertained on the subject. With a sensation of indescribable relief, amounting almost to a triumphant satisfaction, the earl entrusted his mother to the care of the medical men and her own female attend- ants; but with every outward symptom of a heart-felt woe, he ordered his carriage and drove straight to the dwelling of Lord and Lady Holderness in Cavendish Square. CONNIE IOO KS m