Madam, can not you use your wits in a cause so worthy as mine ?" I could not at the time understand the swift change of her features.
"One woman's wits against another's!" she flashed at me.

"As for that"-- She made a swift motion to her throat.

"Here is the trinket.

Tell the tall lady it is my present to you.

Tell her I may send her a wedding present--when the wedding really is to happen.