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THE MYSTERIES OF THE COURT. timentalism. I always thought she was different from her three tiater— ial “Yes,” observed the Marquis. “As you are well aware I had signalled her out as one worthy the trouble of a conquest: but if ever I ventured too far in my caresses, she invariably repulsed and baffled me. But I do not think it was so with her three sisters?” added the nobleman as he glanced significantly at the Prince. “I can answer for Agatha, that she was no prode,” returned his Royal Highness, with a smile of similar meaning, “ She surrendered herself with- cut much reluctance tomy arms: and I believe that my two brothers experienced no more difficulty in overcoming the scruples of Emma and Julia It is fortunate enough that neither of the three bas Proved in the family way——.” “TI would not bave had it happen for the world,” exclaimed the Marquis. “Mrs, Owen positively end ae Fri stipulated all along that while her _113 daughters were being inured to the delicate and exquisite refinements of demoralization, their vire tue should be respected,” “Tam aware of her stipulations on that point,” said the Prince. ‘“ But she must have been mad to suppose that all four of her daughters could enter the lion’s den and come out unscathed, not one of them to receive a single scratch! However, it is astonishing how blind and credulous in some respects are even the most astute, cunning, and crafty of women.” “ But Mrs. Owen, though a thorough woman of the world, knows little of the depths and intricacies of the human heart,” observed Lord Leveson. “That is perfectly true,” exclaimed the Prince; “and she no doubt hugs the belief that her three eldé@t daughters are as pure and chaste, so far as what is ealled their virtue is concerned, as on the day of their birth,” ~ No doubt of it,” replied the Marquis. comliclbooks.com :