The Mysteries of the Court of London by Pauline Clarendon — page 300: what you’re looking at

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THE AMAZON AND TIM MEAGLES ys) demanded Tim, bestowing upon the splendid creature a caress which she received in a manner indicating that, how- ever profligate she might be, and however lavish of her favours she notoriously was, she nevertheless entertained something like a sincere affection for Meagles. “So far from having any such idea as you impute to me, Tim,” she said, in answer to the question which he had jocularly put to her, ‘‘ l mean to play the amiable toward old Sir John, and take him out for an airing in the carriage. He will be so delighted that nothing I may ask will be refused; and I shall pave the way to obtain the few thousands that you and I are likely to require for our purposes in the course of the week. Adieu for the present, my dear Tim. I shall call for you at about eight this*evening, and we will then proceed together to the classic region of Horslydown.”’ ‘Adieu, my charmer,’ returned Meagles, pressing his lips to her rich red mouth; and the Amazon took her depar- ture trom the lodgings of her paramour. We cannot close this chapter without directing the at- tention of the reader to the fact that Mr. Meagles had main- tained toward Lady Letitia Lade the same secrecy and silence relative to the orphan Rose which he had observed on the preceding evening with the Prince of Wales. COME OOO SS (GO)