The Works of George W. M. Reynolds — page 181: what you’re looking at

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164° REYNOLDS’ WORKS second instead of first. But come, let us take some supper, and a glass of champagne will enliven our discourse.”’ Lord Saxondale and the meretricicus beauty of the opera- ballet accordingly placed themselves at table; and by the time the young nobleman had imbibed his third glass of champagne he had not merely forgotten the beautiful Angela altogether, but found himself breathing the most extravagant proposals in the ears of the seductive Emily Archer. (COMMU JOO cS (E(0)