Moved by a sudden wild impulse she picked up "The Chaplet of Pearls" and threw it at him.

It hit him (not very severely), and he gave the sharp, melodramatic howl that he always used when it was his dignity rather than his body that was hurt.

Jeremy looked up, saw what had happened, and a fine scene followed.

Mary had hysterics, stamped and screamed and howled.

Jeremy, his face white, stood and said nothing, but looked as though he hated her, which at that moment he undoubtedly did.