Ellen Percy; or, The Memoirs of an Actress — page 190: what you’re looking at

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— ee ene ita See - | ELLEN PERCY; OR, THE MEMOIRS OF AN ACTRESS. 177 Gn ale eG ge Sa bd Be ZA Z THE MARCHIONESS OF CAMPANELLA. cliffe. She expressed her desire that Juliet ) prospect of a complete realization. For the reacer should remain with her altogether, at least for the present : she spuke of the discretion of her ser- vants—and promised to make every arrangement so as to shield Juliet’s honour from the world’s seandal, and protect the secret which so vitally re- garded her reputation. Indeed, it appeared that nothing could have been more kind, more consi- derate, nor more affectionate than Mrs. Oidcast e's conduct towards her niece; so that Julict had made up her mind to obey her aunt in all things —confident that her parents would approve of her resolution in that respect. This approval indeed was cheerfully given by Mr. and Mrs. Norman; and. my presaging words seemed to have every No. 23.—ELLEN PERcY. will bear in mind that those words were to the effect that I should be much mistaken if in the long run Mrs. Oldcastle would not become the means of extricating Juliet from the embarrass- ments of her position, rather than of plunging ker into greater perplexities. I should observe that Mrs. Oldcastle had made the discovery of Juliet’s secret on the occasion when she had accompanied me to her chamber, and when my much-wronged friend was so ex: ceedingly indisposed that she had loosened all her garments to ward off the fainting-fit that she feared was avproacbing, It was thus fortunate for Juliet that accident had revealed the secret COM Ghboo <S Colm