The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 26: what you’re looking at

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THE MYsTEnIES. i imeem your eyes: but I trust that you will give me leave | Octavia hastened to arrange a knife and fork end to rést myself for a few minutes—and in the mean- | clean piate for the guest, Pauline tripped time I shall be enabled, I hope, to satisfy you that I | down into the kitchen, am incapable of offering you a wanton insult.” —_—| jug of foaming tabie-ale simultaneously struck both: namel would be impossible to refuse the slight h which was solicited. —an example which Pauline tmmediately $ rangements gave him an opportunity of thinking of some excuse that might account fer his ladies at the same time: for he was suddenly ecined with the desire to cultivate the acquaintance of the two most charming creatures he had ever escountered character, made in the course of his life. scquainted. with the seasons of this vies end On their side, they could not help observing that } hopes that wese entertained of their parent being | onby of very sable to effect a reconciliation with his noble reletize appearance, buat likewise of polished Fee FF ' preparéd — though involuntarily —to accept ‘reasonable excuse which he might offer fer his ‘duct. i “Feeling that the most a explanation i | to you, ladies,” he said, “I must begin by TRE ACCOUCHE MESH Tus sounds which thus sppeared.te promisa a-new from the vehicle; while Qotavia, and. Pauline fal- lowed ae far as the garden-gate te. render their aid his hy | head, lay stunned within a few feet of the broken vehicle ;—a lady’s-maid, who was seated on the same dangerous eminence, was clinging to the raila which she had clutched just in time to save herself, from a skailer socident j—and twp ladies insides were shrieking for help. My. Uarley’s tires impuale wos to drag.the valet. rg e CONNEC OOO CO