The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 141: what you’re looking at

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THE REVIEW 123 accounted for. He remained a little longer in conversation with the intelligent German, and then took his departure from the tavern, more than half-inclined to send in his resig- nation to his Royal Highness. But when he reflected that the term for which he was engaged would elapse in another fortnight, he considered that it would be as well to remain for so short a space, and to this decision he accord- ingly came. We need hardly inform the reader that the principal subject which continued to occupy his mind — and to which all that related to the pauper duke and his frowzy horde was but of second-rate importance — was the new and indeed brilliant position in which he found Isabella placed; nor less did he ponder with some degree of uneasiness on her companionship with that handsome and elegant-looking young man. Still Christian flattered himself that he was not altogether indifferent to the young lady; and he enter- tained so high an opinion of her that he could not believe she would prove faithless to any such tender feeling enter- tained on his behalf — if it were really experienced. But, on the other hand, a fear would steal into his mind that the influence of the new friends, or of the relatives — whichever they were — whom Isabella had found, might possibly lead her to yield to their views, and form some brilliant alliance which it was natural enough they should seek for her. Still, as we have said on former occasions, there was hope in the youth’s heart; and in juxtaposition with his apprehensions did imagination conjure up a proportionate amount of cheering dreams. Thus the fortnight passed away, during which Christian saw nothing more of the beautiful Isabella, and experienced no further adventure in respect to the Germans at all de- serving of notice. At the end of that period he received his dismissal, together with a certificate of good conduct from his Royal Highness the Duke of Maxe-Stolburg-Quotha, and he was once more out of employment. Again he inserted an advertisement in the newspapers and in the course of a few days he received a note from the Earl of Lascelles, desiring him to call at his mansion at Kensington. It was a fine day in the month of March, and about the hour of noon, that Christian Ashton proceeded to Kensington, and was introduced into a large and handsomely furnished library, where he was desired to wait a few minutes and his CORNICLOO SS (CO)