The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 255: what you’re looking at

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228 REYNOLDS’ WORKS to sit up for the rest of the night. There is every reason to believe that you are safe, and in the morning we will carry out the idea which I just now described.”’ The Burker, who had now every possible reason to put implicit faith in Mr. Bealby and Ben Limber, withdrew to the sofa, or, rather, the old sofa-bedstead to which he was directed in the adjoining room, while the two friends sat drinking and smoking in the front apartment. ECORNICIOOKS (E(0)