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18 THE COURT OF LONDON herself, for she saw that her visitant was looking somewhat impatient, “‘ if so be there is anythink I can do — ”’ ‘Well, my dear good woman,” said Mrs. Ranger, “‘ this is precisely the reason that has brought me hither. For as [ have considered you deserving of my confidence, and regarding you as a discreet, well-behaved, and prudent woman, I have not hesitated to trust you hitherto, and am going to trust you still turther now— There, pray don’t interrupt me, but listen. The child is dead and must be © taken hence at once. The doctor is ready to depart — ” ‘“Marmayjelly, mem?” said Mrs. Hubbard, in inquiring allusion to the doctor’s name. “Yes, Maravelli,”’ answered Mrs. Ranger, quickly. ‘“ He is ready to depart, and I must conduct him back to the city, because, as you beheld him when you peeped forth from your room ere now, he is blindfolded. He will take charge of the corpse, he will dispose of it. But while descending the stairs and threading the garden, there may be some risk of being observed, and if a strange man were thus seen within the precincts of the villa, an alarm would be raised, he would be arrested, and then if the corpse were dis- covered — You understand me, you can guess the service I require at your hands? That staircase,’’ she added, hastily, pointing to the one in the corner of the room, “ leads up into the laundry, and from the laundry there is another means of communication down into the garden. Is it not so? Good. Will you, then, take charge of the dead child, steal forth, make the circuit of the grounds, and meet me and the doctor at the door opening in the garden wall on the road through the fields? ”’ Mrs. Hubbard, who felt herself suddenly elevated to a very high pedestal of importance by being thus admitted into what she supposed to be a stupendous secret regarding the honour of the Princess of Wales, at once consented to render the service required at her hands. Thereupon Mrs. Ranger left her for a few moments, and as she went down the passage, extinguished the light burning there, so as to prevent Mrs. Hubbard from noticing which room it was she entered, in case the worthy woman should think fit to peep through the keyhole. On reéntering Agatha’s chamber again, Mrs. Ranger, who was assuredly as indefatigable as she was astute for all ECORMIClIOO KS (E(0)