16/25 I can't think how you could do it. I wish I were half as brave and strong." "Please don't, Lady Honoria," said Beatrice. "I am so tired of being thanked for doing nothing, except what it was my duty to do. If I had let Mr.Bingham go while I had the strength to hold on to him I should have felt like a murderess to-day. I beg you to say no more about it." "One does not often find such modesty united to so much courage, and, if you will allow me to say it, so much beauty," answered Lady Honoria graciously. |