27/29 Let me, who have learned already to adore you--" "So," cried she, turning on him in a moment (for, on some points, woman's instinct is the lightning of wisdom), "this, sir, was your object? Leave it, sir! and never return to it while I live." Sir Charles, again discomfited, bowed reverentially. "Your wish shall ever be respected by me, madam! But here they come. Conceal yourself in that high chair. |