He chose to attack me because there was an opportunity.

There isn't a man in either House who cares for such things, personally, less than I do;"-- had his lordship said "more than he did," he might, perhaps, have been correct;--"but I can't bear the feeling.

The fact is, a lawyer never understands what is and what is not fair fighting." Lucy felt her face tingling with heat, and was preparing to say a word in defence of that special lawyer, when Lady Fawn's voice was heard from the drawing-room window.

"Come in, girls.

It's nine o'clock." In that house Lady Fawn reigned supreme, and no one ever doubted, for a moment, as to obedience.