The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 363: what you’re looking at

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THE SISTERS 341 wherefore he has assumed this name of Jocelyn Loftus, and what his real name is. For I feel assured that these revela- tions will flow more sweetly upon your ears and sink down more deliciously into your heart when coming from the lips of a lover, even than from those of a fond and affectionate sister. And now one word more relative to Jocelyn, as we must still continue to call him — ”’ ‘Oh, what else have you to say upon this subject? ”’ asked Louisa, with renewed suspense. ‘That in a short time, a very short time, I hope, he will be free,” returned Clara. ‘“‘ Indeed, I am convinced that he will soon be liberated; and then, dear girl, he will no doubt rejoice to give you all those explanations which must trium- phantly prove his own innocence and dispel all the mis- givings that still perhaps lurk in the depths of your soul.”’ ‘“‘ He will be free — oh, heavens! that there may be no disappointment or delay in the fulfilment of this hope! ”’ exclaimed Louisa, once more clasping her hands and now gazing upward with a fervid enthusiasm, so that it was easy to perceive that in the depths of her soul she prayed to Heaven to verify her sister’s assurance. ‘Whatever I tell you, dearest Louisa, you may rely upon,” rejoined Clara. ‘‘ And now that I have relieved you from so much anxiety and changed your sorrow into heartfelt joy, you must give me all the particulars of what has occurred to you relative to that journey to Paris and this visit to London.”’’ | ‘“‘T will tell you everything, dear sister,” answered the young maiden. ‘ You are well aware, from the letters which I have so constantly written to you, that in the month of September Jocelyn brought Miss Mary Owen with him from London and desired that she might find a home at the cottage? ”’ ‘“Yes, while he proceeded to the Continent,” said Clara, taking up the thread of her sister’s discourse, “in order to defeat certain machinations which had been devised against the Princess of Wales, and in which the Owen family was concerned. On all these points your letters were explicit enough.” “ And I also told you,” continued Louisa, “ that Jocelyn wrote to me a letter full of love and tenderness from the French capital, stating how he had arrived there in due GOMIIGD oOo (SO) im