The Mysteries of the Court of London by Pauline Clarendon — page 312: what you’re looking at

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MR. PAGE AND HIS WIFE 309 _all the papers concerning Hannah Lightfoot’s business; and ‘then we will pay a visit to Aylesbury to discover, if possible, a certain Richard Stamford, to whom we can be of great use.”’ “ In what way? ” asked Julia. ‘He was the gentleman who was confined with me in the cellar underneath that house adjoining your own in the court,’’ returned Page. “ But I will tell you all about that baronet and his misfortunes.” Mr. Page then proceeded to narrate to his wife those cir- cumstances in connection with Sir Richard Stamford which are already known to the reader; and we will now leave the worthy couple to discuss their schemes and their brandy simultaneously, which they did until the clock struck mid- night. CONNICOOOKS.C©