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304 THE COURT OF LONDON ‘But what are we to do, then?’’ demanded Kobolt, erufly. ‘‘ We can’t go and fling them back again into the lake, and as for taking them to our own lodgings, is out of the question.”’ “Them?” echoed Maravelli. ‘‘ Have you more than one?” ‘Yes, two fine, fresh subjects, — murdered, too.”’ ‘Then, indeed,” ejaculated the doctor, nervously, ‘‘ does it become all the more requisite to get them out of the way. In with them — haste — lose no time! ”’ Lhe three men did not require to be thus urged on. They soon dragged the two corpses into the hall, and bore them to the dissecting-room, Maravelli carrying the candle to light them. “ Ah!” ejaculated Kobolt, as he et —_ corpse of the infant already lying on the leaden table, ‘so you have got that here, eh? ”’ We Have not a minute for unnecessary discourse,” said the doctor. ‘‘ I have lodgers in the house.”’ ‘“ Well, well,’’ said Kobolt, ‘‘ not another word. Give us the money, and we are off.”’ This the doctor did in such haste that he dropped a few more gold pieces than he meant to do into Kobolt’s hand, but the fellow did not choose to tell him of the mistake. He and his two comrades accordingly sped away, while the | doctor hastened to summon Mavolta to mop up the marks of the wet where the corpses had been dragged through the hall. Scarcely was all this done, when Loftus came down-stairs, for it was now twelve o’clock. Encountering the doctor in the hall the moment after Mavolta had retired, he was struck by the agitated appearance of his countenance, and at once demanded, ‘‘ Has anything happened? ”’ “Only that those fishers of men have brought me two subjects,” replied Maravelli, “‘ and I was of course obliged to have them taken into the dissecting-room.”’ ‘“ Well, it cannot be helped. You could not do otherwise, I suppose,’ said Loftus. ‘‘ And now give me the key of that room.” “What! to-night? ”’ asked the physician, who was utterly unacquainted with Jocelyn’s intention relative to the Misses Owen, and who even did not know that he was expecting them. Gomichoo CS (E(0)