The Mysteries of London; or, Revelations of the British Metropolis — page 53: what you’re looking at

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OF LONDON, él CHAPTER VI. The card given by the blind man, to the beaue € tiful and haughty bar maid of the Crown Arme, had imseribed upon it,9 Wimpole street. Atthe appointed hour the Jewaoss passed through the open gate, ascended the granite steps, and knocke ed at the door of the house which was indicated, Tere was no occasion for repeating the summons 3 the door flew open the moment the requisite sig- nal was given, & Servant in sumptuous livery re-= ceived her most deferentially, and conducted her to the first room upon the lower floor, where a Waiting lady wasseated, cicihed in most becoming and unexceptionable apparel, When Susannah entered the room, the attendant rose and bowed as gracefully asa maid of honour would to a * Shall I announce, ees she, the Princess de Longueville to the duchess, or will the princess _ be'shown to the saelohe or to her own apart- . ments? ] presume the pence: ig aware that the duchess is at home, I know it, replied Semaenal. One of the doorsofthe apartment now turned upon its hinges; the drapery which concealed it glided along its gilded rod, and the face cf an old lady, alimost hid in proiuse decorations of ribbon and lace was discerned—a face, whose-acquiline and weil dawn features seemed struggling against the wear of years, and whése piercing and inqui- ‘Bitive eyes pigrened underlids a a & * yeaa ae eee: | comicbooks.com