It is a curious thing that the seduction of a Duchess has always been one of my dreams.' At this Andrew Cogglesby fell into a fit of laughter.
'Your servant,' said Mr.Raikes, turning to him.

And then he muttered 'Extraordinary likeness! Good Heavens! Powers!' From a state of depression, Mr.Raikes--changed into one of bewilderment.

Evan paid no attention to him, and answered none of his hasty undertoned questions.

Just then, as they were on the skirts of the company, the band struck up a lively tune, and quite unconsciously, the legs of Raikes, affected, it may be, by supernatural reminiscences, loosely hornpiped.

It was but a moment: he remembered himself the next: but in that fatal moment eyes were on him.