[Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray]@TWC D-Link bookBurlesques CHAPTER XXIV 26/27
I am bringing him up to be head of our house at Amsterdam.
We all do it.
I had myself to see Rothschild in Eaton Place this morning, about the Irish loan, of which I have taken three millions: and as I wanted to walk, I carried the bag. "You should have seen the astonishment of Lauda Latymer, the Archbishop of Croydon's daughter, as she was passing St.Bennet's, Knightsbridge, and as she fancied she recognized in the man who was crying old clothes the gentleman with whom she had talked at the Count de St.Aulair's the night before." Something like a blush flushed over the pale features of Mendoza as he mentioned the Lady Lauda's name.
"Come on," said he.
They passed through various warehouses--the orange room, the sealing-wax room, the six-bladed knife department, and finally came to an old baize door.
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