The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 395: what you’re looking at

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362 THE COURT OF LONDON she was able the horrible sensations that had suddenly seized upon her. The next moment the front door was opened, the threshold was crossed, and wishing the doctor good night, the two ladies once more emerged into the long dark alley, which now seemed, if possible, more dismal than when they first entered it half an hour previously. It was, however, a relief unspeakable both to Agatha and Mrs. Ranger to emerge into the fresh air from the atmos- phere of the doctor’s house, which for the last few minutes of their sojourn there had appeared to be fetid with the odour of the dead, and they retraced their way to the villa at a pace too rapid to afford opportunity for much con- nected discourse. Gomicbdooks (E(@)