The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 32: what you’re looking at

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FATHER AND DAUGHTER 15 With these words, Finette glided away from the presence of her sire, who was half-astonished, half-frightened at the singular language in which she had just addressed him. He was not, however, on that account inclined to abandon his prey, and he stooped down to assure himself that the cord was firmly knotted upon the limbs of the un- conscious De Margaux. Meanwhile, Finette had sped into the road, where she stopped a baker’s cart that was passing. Into this vehicle the still inanimate De Margaux was con- veyed, and when he came back to consciousness he was the inmate of a dungeon, with chains upon his limbs. Ere closing the present chapter, we may bring this episode to a termination. Finette’s father claimed and received the reward which was offered for the apprehension of De Margaux, and he was enabled to take the shop which he had so much coveted. His business has thriven, and he is now a&@ man well to do in the world. His daughter Finette still lives, but she is only the shadow of her former self; she is pale, thin, and wasted. She is never seen to smile, and she moves slowly and noiselessly as a ghost about her father’s house when superintending the domestic arrange- ments. Her words spoken in the grove were indeed too prophetically true. Finette and happiness have shaken hands for ever. The confession of Dame Roquette implicated several of the gang in the murder of the two postillions and Lord Octavian’s valet. The wretches whose guilt was thus made manifest suffered along with De Margaux on the scaffold of the guillotine; Dame Roquette and the rest of the band were visited with the next severest penalties of the law, and thus justice succeeded in overtaking all the offenders who were implicated in the crimes of the forest. CONE Oe SS) (S©)