A MADONNA OF THE CELLS. 
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INSTRUCTIONS WHICH MR. SMITH HAD GIVEN HER, 
WITH SOME INTEREST.” 
IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE MAOIS 
appeared for her. being instructed by Mr. 
Smith, and Mr. Korteseuc, who came in at 
the last moment in a bustle, prosecuted for 
the firm. After the lady who had lost the 
purse had given her evidence, Nugent, in 
cross-examination, succeeded in making her 
a little less positive as to the identity of the 
prisoner. This was done, perhaps, not so 
much by the acuteness of his questions as by 
the charm of his manner, which was never 
greater. 
lie addressed her as if he were a humble 
admirer of her particular style of beauty, 
which was, indeed, flamboyant, not to say 
robust. A tyro in the psychology of the 
passions would have affirmed heartily that 
here at last the rising barrister of the Common 
Law Bar had discovered his ideal. 1 J is voice 
was soft and caressing, lie pointed out to 
the lady how important it was that she should 
be quite sure in a matter which meant so much 
to the young lady before her. lie showed, 
indeed, that it was a matter of so much 
importance to himself, that the lady, who was 
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