The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 222: what you’re looking at

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THE EASTERN LADY 195 ‘“ At length we meet again,” said the princess, in a low, tremulous voice. ‘‘ You received my summons, and you have come.” ‘‘ Summons! ”’ echoed Mr. Redcliffe, for a moment drawing himself up haughtily. ‘‘ Remember, Princess Indora, that you are not now in a country where you can coerce or com- mand. If you behold me here, it is that I have come volun- tarily, and in obedience to no power save that of my own will.’”’ ‘You perhaps have a right to upbraid me,” said Indora, in a voice that was tremulous and mournful, *‘ but it would be generous if you were to abstain.”’ ‘“‘T will do so,’ rejoined Redcliffe, speaking more gently, and even as if he regretted the sort of half-rebuke which he had just now administered, ‘“‘ because, if I experienced some evil at the hands of your royal father and yourself, I likewise received some kindness.”’ The Princess Indora made a sign for him to sit down. He slowly put off his cloak, and placed himself upon the otto- man, but at such a distance from the lady that she flung upon him a rapid glance of tender reproach. We must observe that the conversation which we have just recorded had passed in the same language in which Indora had discoursed with Sagoonah, and that Redcliffe spoke it with proficient ease and fluency. “‘ Ts it possible,’”’ he went on to ask, “‘ that your Highness has come to England for the sole purpose described in the letter which I received at my new lodging this afternoon? ”’ ‘“’ For what other purpose could I come? ”’ asked the prin- cess. ‘“* Yes, it is true, Clement Redcliffe, that I have fol- lowed you to your own native land for the object described in my letter. J speak frankly. Love has made me bold before; it renders me not a coward now, — for I glory in that love which I feel for you. Do you require any additional proof than those words which I addressed to you, those offers which I made to you, and the whole tenor of my conduct toward you, when far away in my native land? You have that proof in the fact that I have undertaken and accom- plished this long, long journey, that I have travelled under a feigned name, veiling my princely rank beneath a sem- blance of mediocrity and obscurity; I have come with but three faithful dependents, and I was resolved never to rest EORNICLOOKS (C(O)