The Works of George W. M. Reynolds — page 296: what you’re looking at

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MOTHER AND SON 279 become excluded from the society in which she was once wont to move, she did not intend to stand upon any scruples in the gratification of her passions. Over Edmund her dominion was likewise completely established; the crime which he had committed and the vices to which he was addicted rendered him pliant and ductile in her hands. She had no further fear of the Marquis of Magledean’s animosity on account of past occurrences; her son would prove her friend in that quarter. As to Doctor Ferney, she flattered herself that a little cajolery or the simulation of intensest anguish would at any time override his scruples and prove more potent than his qualms of conscience. Thus altogether, as she contemplated her present position, Lady Saxondale felt satisfied, elate, and triumphant. GOmicdoo ‘Ss (EO)