Don't lose a second, even if you have to make a scene.

Hs-s-s-h!" Then they resumed their places close to the table, and the servants, in obedience to Lady Arabella's order, brought in fresh tea.
Thence on, that tea-party seemed to Adam, whose faculties were at their utmost intensity, like a terrible dream.

As for poor Mimi, she was so overwrought both with present and future fear, and with horror at the danger she had escaped, that her faculties were numb.

However, she was braced up for a trial, and she felt assured that whatever might come she would be able to go through with it.

Sir Nathaniel seemed just as usual--suave, dignified, and thoughtful--perfect master of himself.
To her husband, it was evident that Mimi was ill at ease.