His visitor's fingers had strayed across his throat.
"That's a different matter," the former continued fiercely.

"That's just where the weak spot in her brain remains.

If you ask me, I believe it's pandered to by Mrs.Unthank.Come to think of it," he went on, "the Domineys were never cowards.

If you've got your courage back, send Mrs.
Unthank away, sleep with your doors wide open.

If a single night passes without Lady Dominey coming to your room with a knife in her hand, she will be cured in time of that mania at any rate.