The Mysteries of London; or, Revelations of the British Metropolis — page 386: what you’re looking at

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384 7 MYSTERIES to the soda water shop, followed by the captain, who courteously attended him to the street door, and there took leave of him. Mr. Smith was al | ready gone. Bembo again got into the cab. and made the | driver gallop as fast as he could to Whitechapel- road. When he reached the corner of Osborne > street, he paid the fare, and went on foot to Ba- ker’s row. On getting there, he knocked at the door of a large house, which was immediately opened. Inside the door were two men, whose | aspect, although apparently unarmed, indicated that, notwithstanding the door being open, there | might, to an unwelcome visitor, be an me Ria to overcome. | What do haps want, sir? said one of these men. The Council of the Family. Who are you ? Lord of the night. | Your lordship is late, said the other porter, or | sentinel, making way for Bembo to pass: the lords have been assembled above an hour. Bembo rapidly ran up a large and well-lit stair- | case, and was immediately ushered into the large saloon, in which Lady B—, after having passed through the pestiferous atmosphere of the * Pur- | gatory, had given the twenty thousand pounds, } furnished by her royal protector, for the crown diamond. There were about twenty men seated around a J table, which was covered with green cloth. At = the head, in an arm chair, more elevated than }; the rest, and which resembled the throne upon | Gomicbooks.com . i