When London Sleeps — page 128: what you’re looking at

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23 CHAP THR XIE. (00:0 20a: aes a THE SCENT OF DANGER. as ae a , Mr, Samuel Blythe and his sweetheart were seated s = ie by side and hand in hand upon the sofa i in the 53 __sitting-room. ee “ After the skilful ministrations of Carrie, a science - es ie Wr Vf gained by long experience, Sammy really lookon quite like himself. He bore but few traces of the ae _ tecent fracas. Moreover, he was radiant with de- | Me . light, for she had never been so kind to him before, — & and he had almost persuaded her to. ‘prone : - definitely that she would one day become his wife. 2 It was therefore with feelings of unmixed we ; that he saw the door of Queenie’s bedroom open and his future mother-in-law appear. Sa: oF y - ~She was really a very nice old lady, bie why q - me ae couldn’t she have staid away just a little longer? _, . With a blush, Carrie snatched away her hand uae His. gt withdrew to the very further end of the sofa. | She | ne eae ~ knew only too well from past experience that ae - e mother did not approve of Sammy as a suitor, and “ she by no means realized Mrs. Jones’ recent change ae te of heart. | oe ‘She ac nothing less than a rare scolding, iiss | which, Sammy, of course, would come in for his ; pe +h * BD \ 4¢ TASS en é> : e : , SC NS te, ) PA 4A? Rey’ By ‘ ae op iat * M aa .y , ie is go! }. CA aed )F ¥ i . eg oh Ps one OTs oN it Mrs a . Jor 1es ss scarcely glanced at them. ‘She e was $ yp » f & \y ' PY: [= 2 lig. . ' er! i : Be 3 ay “ 2 a Oana Gas Le ic vaarcaaeh pt eee : : ~ 4 ' ae he, uh, 0 Ps ; i yt Me, \ ml nt j - uy , “y ; a ; ¥ ut) er 2 Vs 4 Sy . ee ies Se i nh ae * a My % raed ae sp Ms “i “ x AM, ae et Me ia ‘ , OF ihe +a Pe i i Tae at ae aris a % ul'é "ee ‘