Hogarth, didn't I see
you last night at the ridotto with Lady Thornhill and her pretty daughter?"
"Me!—no, Sir," stammered Hogarth, colouring. ”
The conversation hung for a moment. It is the worst of talk under
such social circumstances that it is always getting cut off so soon as it is
beginning; and I went home that afternoon feeling I had said nothing—literally
nothing—of the things I had meant to say to you and that were coursing through
my head. "
"I always detested Mrs. I have made her an
honourable proposal of marriage, in compliance with the request of her lamented
parent, whose memory—"
"Dare to utter that falsehood in my hearing again, scoundrel," interrupted
Thames fiercely, "and I will put it out of your power to repeat the offence. Jonathan had to feel his way. His statement was treated with derision. Yet I shall think of you to-day. And the
infernal thought of that kiss returned—the softness of her lips and the cool
smoothness of her cheeks. . Evidently her foresight has saved me a funeral. "
"If you will not take me, I'll find some guide who will. She posed herself before her mirror and surveyed herself with
gravely thoughtful, gravely critical, and yet admiring eyes. ‘Parbleu, I hope that I do not have many more times to come in this way to
the house,’ she muttered fretfully.
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