The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 22: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

8 THE MYSTERI£S5 OF THE COURT. ——~ / se Ve i | rh | ; , ; ‘tht / 7s A te Bd § Y / Y Y /, VI UM ot , 4, Yyy ~ AS a Ys WEE yy? WN LSA, ‘ SS ~ a, Y 4 ly Y iy, Yi Yfpy yyy y Yi, yy JV WILLA SSS ~ TS SA MS wy yy 4 Phy iy By ; / Uf rik if | | CAYLEE SAE NN iy i i < Z ZA ibe i" vi TL EA, \\ NG \ 1(Z 1} ay K\ | We eo A gy ff de Vaya Ne i; \\ \\\ aoharzin eo ANAK HNN VAY WAKA bath, nor even allow her hand to linger there for amoment that her lover might press it to his lips: and she dared not murmur a syllable —no, not even in the faintest whisper. ‘The lid was raised and closed again, quick as the eye winks,—and a fearful load was removed from the lady’s mind now that the silken ladder was in the keeping of her paramour, who, she felt assured, would understand wherefore it was thus consigned to his care. Having no farther excuse nor wish for delay, she took her husband’s arm and accompanied him down to the carriage, which immediately whirled them away at a rapid pace. But how terminated the adventure of the bath-room ?—who was the distinguished indi- vidual beloved by that lady of transcendent beauty ?—and was her frailty to remain con- cealed from her husband and pass unpunished ? ——— AT —m—- - A ——— —————— a mc ee ———— —— —— eee | | | | | Y N ‘ \ SSA Se WAN NA : » AS ay, Wy Hy) E NS} Y h VENETIA TRELAWNEY. These questions will be answered in the course of the following narrative. -— nag ho - CHAPTER I. THE PARTY OF SIX. Ir was in the middle of September, 1814, that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, now Regent of the kingdom, accepted an invitation to dine with one of his oldest and most faithful friends, the Marquis of Leveson. But it was an express understanding that the party was to be altogether a private one—consist- ing of gentlemen only—and that the number pre- sent was to be limited to six, including the Prince himself. For his Royal Highness had his whims and caprices in this respect; and, glad to escape at times from ceremonial banquets and formal en- COMICLOOlKS se)