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a -ss=shsteae-s=seee SE Se a TE KL n> te ELLEN PERCY ; OR, THE MEMOIRS OF AN ACTEESS. 209 j MULE # <== CHARLOTTE TREMAINE. “Well, we shall see when he calls again,” I in- terjected. “And now, Beda, in reference to Mademoiselle Angeline? You have discovered her abode J “Yes,” replied the faithful girl, “I went out yesterday afternoon to make a few purchases; and as I was passing along Holborn, I beheld in front of me a female figure which I thought was not altogether unfamiliar. She presently stopped for a single moment to glance in at a shop window: I caught a glimpse of her countenance—it was Angeline Churchill! I continued to follow her: she proceeded along Holborn, until she reached Little Queen Street, down which she passed. Along Great Queen Street she went,—lI still in the treck, but taking good care to avuid suffering her to perceive that she was thus fullowed. Al- No. 79.—ELLEN PERCY. though you told me some time ago that I need not make any further endeavour to ascertain her place of residence, yet as this opportunity seemed to present itself, L thought there could be no harm in rendering it available———” “And you did right, Beda,” I ejaculated. “But proceed.” “ As Mademoiselle Angeline was pursuing her way, I thought to myself,” resumed Beda, “ that it would be singular after all if she were going to the jeweller’s shop in Long Acre—for she was bending her course in that direction, And s0 it vroved, sure enough! I watched from the opposite side of the street: she remained but a couple of minutes inside the shop ; and when she came forth again, she had a letter in her hand. This however she quickly concealed amongst the folds of her 0)(0)0) SS (El)