I shall tell her to-morrow morning before the boat sails.' 'Very well,' said the Captain; 'but don't suppose for a moment that you'll shock Finola.

She doesn't know this particular story about me, but I expect she knows another every bit as bad, and I dare say she will regard the whole thing as a justifiable spoiling of the Egyptians.

By the way '-- there was a note of anxiety in his voice--'I hope you won't find it necessary to repeat anything I've said about the lady herself.
_That_ might irritate her.' 'Is it likely,' said Hyacinth, 'that I would repeat that kind of talk to any woman ?' 'Quite so.

I admire your attitude.

Such things are entirely unfit for repetition.