The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 156: what you’re looking at

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Er THE MYSTERIES OF THE COURT. ———————————___w>+——stt rent to his master's room to arouse him; while Mary-Anne was ed to the Miss Farefields’ apartments to tell them what had happened and bid them not be frightened. In the meantime Lady Saxondsle, with four or five of her female depen- dants repaired to her own bed-chamber. The bur- glars had disappeared: but from the confusion which prevailed in that room, it was evidént that it had been completely ransacked. All the ready money in her ladyship’s drawers, amounting to about the sum she had mentioned to Chiffin—ber jowellery, comprising her costly diamonds, and numerous other articles of value—had all disap- i We need not dwell at much greater length upon the sequel of this night’s adventure. Iti is however necessary to record a few more jare—and first to observe that Lord Saxondale’s valet was com to return tohis mistress and report (what indeed he had all along known) that his young NO. 19.—THIED SERIER. master had nod been in during the night. As ne reader has doubtless anticipated, the burglars got clear off long before the alarm was raised : for Lady Saxondale had remained a considerable time in state of stupefaction. Her account was, for she chose to say nothing about the essence in the bottle, —that she had sat up to read a very interesting book, when she was suddenly startled by the pre- sence of two ill-looking men, from one of whom she received a blow with » bludgeon that struck her down senseless. Such being the version she ren- dered, she could not for consistency’s sake give anything like a minute description of the personal throughout the house a few hours later, showed that several of the apartments had been entered aad robbed: of many articles of value; while the com dition of the bdck door leading into the garden, indicated plainly enough the means by which the comicbooks.com