The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 67: what you’re looking at

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50 REYNOLDS’ WORKS dora, wiping away the tears which had trickled down her cheeks, retired to an ottoman at a little distance from the couch, and seating herself there, she fell into a profound rev- erie. Shortly afterward Christina Ashton entered the chamber, and having bent over the ayah, whom she believed to be still steeped in unconsciousness, she gazed on her coun- tenance fora few moments. ‘Then, heaving a profound sigh, Christina turned toward the queen, and said, in a half-hushed voice, “‘ Think you, dear lady, that Sagoonah will ever recover? ”’ ‘““ Yes, she will recover,’ responded Indora; “ she is evi- dently much better. This much I can tell by her counte- nance. But perhaps, my dear Christina, it were better for her own sake that she should never recover, for if she have any good feeling left, the remainder of her life must be spent amidst the agonies of remorse.”’ ) ‘“Oh, yes, dear lady,” continued Christina, ‘‘so much | wickedness is incomprehensible. There was such refinement in it that one is almost justified in fancying that the spirit of a fiend must have inspired her for the time. The snake — O heavens! I shudder when I think of it.’’ “une ‘‘ And well may you shudder, dear Christina,’’ rejoined the queen, “‘ for it was terrible. Even while the reason of that wretched girl had lost its guiding power, yet was conscience at work, and in her dreams did she make those revelations which have conveyed to our knowledge all the wickedness of her conduct. But she will recover, Christina.”’ ‘“‘ And it is you, lady,’’ answered our heroine, ‘‘ who will have saved the life of her who sought to take your own.”’ “ Yes, she will recover,’ continued the queen, in a musing manner, yet speaking audibly, ‘‘ and she will have leisure for repentance, if her heart be susceptible thereof.” bai ‘‘ Have you decided, dear lady,’’ asked Christina, ‘ upon the course which you intend hereafter to adopt with regard to her? ”’ | ‘You know, Christina,’’ replied Indora, “‘ that it is my | hope and expectation to be in a short time enabled to return to my kingdom, and if no fresh circumstances transpire to alter my plan, I shall take Sagoonah with me. But never again can I give her my confidence, much less restore her the love which, all menial though she were, I was wont to bear toward her. The remainder of her life must be passed in CORNIELIOOLKKS (E(@)