The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 25: what you’re looking at

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8 THE COURT OF LONDON he will be induced to pass over, if not actually to forgive or forget, your conduct toward his sister. Exposure will benefit no one, and, innocent though she be, would nevertheless wound the delicacy of Miss Varian herself. Her brother will doubtless admit the justice of this reasoning, and therefore I do not think that you need labour under any apprehension of his vengeance.”’ ‘‘ T thank you much, most sincerely, for these assurances,”’ said the marquis. ‘‘ Pray make my peace with the young man, and tell him that if a few hundred pounds will be of any service — ”’ ‘“T am very much mistaken,’”’ interrupted the baronet, with ill-concealed disgust, ‘‘if Theodore Varian be not quite a different person — ”’ ‘““ Well, well, there’s no harm in mentioning the money matter,’’ said the marquis, painfully anxious to avoid ex- posure on any terms; for he knew full well that if it became noised abroad that his house contained such auxiliaries to his sensuality as the mechanical chairs, the indignation of the populace would be so excited that his life would not be safe. ‘‘ But you and I, Huntingdon,” he added, ‘‘ on what terms are we to remain in future? ”’ ‘Lord Leveson,’ said the baronet, in a tone that was rather sorrowful than angry, “ I am not enough of a saint myself to enable me to take up stones to cast at you; but at the same time I think that there are extremes into which it is possible to plunge in the gratification of one’s passions, and deep into those extremes have you been hurried.” With these words the baronet turned away; and quitting the room, he joined Theodore Varian, who was waiting for him in the hall. The two left the house together, the young man feeling fully satisfied that in Mrs. Baines his sister had a tender nurse as well as a careful guardian and a true friend. . As for Mr. Stimson, he and his men, amidst wonder and amazement at the resuscitation, bore away all the para- phernalia of death; but as the bill was promptly paid by Lord Leveson, the undertaker found nothing to complain of. And now, ere closing this chapter, we must state that Doctor Copperas, on returning home, sat down to pen a detailed account of the case of resuscitation, in the course of which he declared “‘ that his treatment of it was materially COnniclooolks m