The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 155: what you’re looking at

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134 THE COURT OF LONDON in such a way that I may see my daughter for a few moments, that I may hear her voice, that I may compare her with the image of her mother, who is gone, and that, in a word, I may have the satisfaction of beholding my child, although I may not announce myself as her father, but must coldly retain my character as her prince and the representative of her sovereign. Do this for me, Sophia, pledge yourself to gratify me in that respect, and I will perform for you all that you have asked in reference to your son.”’ ‘It is a compact between us,” said the princess. ‘ To- morrow I will see Pauline upon this subject.”’ “And IJ, on my part,’ rejoined the prince, “ will lose no time in deliberating on the best way to accomplish all you desire in respect to your son.” The brother and sister then separated, the former return- ing to Carlton House, and the latter remaining in her own apartment at St. James’s Palace, to ponder upon the many, many things which sat heavy upon her mind. CORnnicloooks (E(@)