The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 305: what you’re looking at

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272 THE COURT OF LONDON this morning is connected with this matter; and as Mr. Emmerson fortunately sent me to the West End, I have found this opportunity — ”’ ‘“ What else have you to communicate? ’’ demanded the earl. ‘‘ Of course the business cannot rest here. Not fora day, not for an hour, scarcely even for a minute can I restrain my fury.” ‘“ Patience, my lord,’’ interrupted Varian, “ and listen to me. Ere I quitted the office just now — that is to say at about half-past ten o’clock — Emmerson sent out several letters by the boy to the twopenny post. I seized the oppor- tunity of glancing over the addresses, and saw that one was directed to her ladyship the Countess of Curzon — ”’ “Ah!” ejaculated the earl, ‘‘ then may I obtain a proof of her frailty. You say the letter was posted an hour back? ”’ ‘Yes, my lord, and therefore in about a couple of hours more it will be delivered at this house. Can you not inter- cept it? Can you not obtain it from the postman? ” ‘‘ T will wait for him in the street,” said the earl. “And if,’’ hastily resumed Theodore, ‘“‘ it should prove to be a@ letter which, after reading, you should wish still to reach the hands of her ladyship, your lordship can reseal it, for here is a piece of Emmerson’s own sealing-wax, and here is a broad seal with his crest upon it. Ah! my lord,”’ added Varian, as he handed Curzon the wax and the seal, ‘““you perceive that I have neglected no detail — however minute, however insignificant — in following out my ven- geance.”’ | “ But in what way, Mr. Varian, can I reward you for giving me this information? ”’ asked the earl. “By crushing the scoundrel Emmerson,” responded Theodore, with a look of diabolical ferocity; ‘“‘ by over- whelming the miscreant so soon as he is placed in your power. Cover him with infamy, unmask him as a vile seducer and infamous adulterer, prosecute him in the law courts, obtain damages against him, show him no mercy, seize his goods, seize his person, plunge him into gaol, ay, and keep him there till he rots — till he rots — and dies — dies miserably! ”’ The emphasis with which Theodore Varian gave utterance to these words, with an increasing power of accentuation as he proceeded, conveyed even a more forcible idea than Gomicbooks (eco) mn