Another glass of sherry, Mr.Mountjoy ?" All social ceremonies--including the curious English custom which sends the ladies upstairs, after dinner, and leaves the gentlemen at the table--found a devoted adherent in Mrs.Vimpany.She rose as if she had been presiding at a banquet, and led Miss Henley affectionately to the drawing-room.

Iris glanced at Hugh.

No; his mind was not at ease yet; the preoccupied look had not left his face.
Jovial Mr.Vimpany pushed the bottle across the table to his guest, and held out a handful of big black cigars.
"Now for the juice of the grape," he cried, "and the best cigar in all England!" He had just filled his glass, and struck a light for his cigar, when the servant came in with a note.

Some men relieve their sense of indignation in one way, and some in another.

The doctor's form of relief was an oath.