"Ask 'im; the deceiving villain.

Ask anybody, and see what they'll tell you.

Oh, you wicked man, I wonder you can look me in the face!" Truth to tell, Mr.Wilks was looking in any direction but hers.

His eyes met Nugent's, but there was a look of such stern disdain on that gentleman's face that he was fain to look away again.
"Was it a friend of yours ?" inquired the artless Mr.Nugent.
"Never mind," said Mrs.Silk, recovering herself.

"Never mind who it was.