A Sequel to Don Juan — page 155: what you’re looking at

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146 A SEQUEL TO LVI. To Messieurs Wrench and Wrackem next he hied, And counted down before their wondering gaze Th’ amount for damages and costs beside.— Christ ! who shall paint their transport and amaze Their mouths like cellar-doors were opened wide— Their countenances beamed with just such rays As wine sheds on the rubicund complexion, When all that cash was heaped for their inspection. LVI. Then Juan hazarded one question :—he Thought that enough was paid to warrant this ; And that his present liberality Would render such a query not amiss. ‘“ The Lady Adeline ?—there could not be A crime in curiosity like his— At least they would excuse the impropriety ?’’— He waited the response with deep anxiety. LIX. A cloud the elder lawyer’s brow came o’er , His manners grew embarrassed and appeared So changed from the bright aspect which before Had marked them, that the. very worst was feared By Juan, who stood trembling more and more, His heart already by those dark looks seared ; And e’en the truth, ere it was told, he read— The victim of their mutual crime was dead ! cComichbooksscom