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. ’
Then she jammed her hat on her head all anyhow and ran from the room. ”
Her hands fell to her side. He further gave the name and address of the firm from whom
he purchased the revolver and cartridges, a member of which firm has since
corroborated his statement. His lips parted
in a rare smile. ”
She slipped on her cloak and stepped into the hansom with him. She produced a handkerchief, and with one
sweep of this and a simultaneous gulp had abolished her fit of weeping. Your father has forbidden you to go!’”
“Well?”
“She said, ‘I hate being horrid to you and father, but I feel it my duty to go to
that ball!’”
“Felt it her duty!”
“‘Very well,’ I said, ‘then I wash my hands of the whole business. Sir John, by instinct and training, was an unimaginative person.
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