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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. Mr. Basil Leigh was seated in his parlour. It was quite a handsome room, with all the comforts, and conveniences, and luxurious appliances a modish gentleman could desire. And yet Mr. Basil Leigh did not seem altogether at his ease; he sipped his modicum of tea from the little delicate china cup then in fashion, and partook of the more substantial viands which the table presented, with an abstracted air, and an apparent absence of appetite, as if his thoughts were on other and less palatable matters. And so, indeed, they were. True to his promise to Layton, he had just returned from the dismissal of his dear friend, Mademoiselle Louise' d'Ocquetonville, and the separation had been a stormy one. The lady had thrown out hints at parting which seemed to indicate that she was deeper in Leigh's secrets than he was aware, and he was now revolving in his mind whether it was possible that her knowledge extended so far as to compromise him. She had threatened to do it, and he was well enough acquainted with her disposition to know that, if she possessed the power, she would certainly execute her threat. Coming over from France in the train of the Duke of Buckingham, and but little acquainted with the forms of English justice, it seemed to Leigh most probable that Mademoiselle Louise would be less likely to seek her revenge by recourse to the laws of the land than by the agency of the duke, whose constant exercise of almost regal authority was well known to her. Whether Buckingham would give credit to any revelations she might make, or even, if he did do so, whether he would assume the championship of an angry and disappointed woman, were questions the solution of which depended more upon the mood of the duke at the moment than upon any thing else. One t...
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