The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 288: what you’re looking at

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| | THE MYSTERIES. dt ez ~ “ ss ml J r ZA Z S [PAULINE CLARENDON. | reparation he can make you, otherwise than by | dashing her open palms wildly against her polished leading you to the altar: I answer emphatically | brow; “it were madness to entertain such a hope !” that he can be forced to espouse you!”’ “ Inpossible !” exclaimed Octavia, starting up as if obedient to the sudden influence of a galvanic battery: then, clasping her hands together, she cried, “ No—no, my beloved sister: you are de- ceiving yourself—you are deceiving me;—for did you not just now declare that, even if his affection were still mine, I could not enjoy it in honour to myself.” * Yes — I spoke thus — in haste — and without remembering at the instant that there was a pos- sibility ef adopting ulterior means,” said Pauline. “ Besides—I was anxious to probe all the varied feelings of your mind——” “But you have spoken of ulterior means ?” in- terrupted Octavia: “ Oh! tell me—keep me not in suspense, dear sister—those means——And yet,” she pert franticly interrupting herself and -— “Not so foolish as you conceive, Octavia,” answered Pauline, in a tone of partial triumph. “A secret of the utmost importarce is in my keeping—a secret which only became known to me on Sunday last, while I was out with Gabriel during your absence at church + “ And that seeret?” exclaimed Octavia, anx- iously. “Involves the honour of a lady of the highest rank——” “ But it will not save my honour, Pauline,” inter- rupted the elder sister, bitterly. the name of heaven has all this to do with my un- happy case?” she demanded, gazing in astonish- ment upon Pauline. “ What do you mean?” “] mean that the lady who became a mother at our recent abode, under such mysterious circum- stances——” ¢ — oo —_ oS — “ Oh! what in — 6)(0)©) (C(O) So (C(O)