The latter condition was usually the result of his libations.
When I entered the room it was evident he was amused.
"Did you ever hear or see such brazen effrontery ?" he asked, referring to Dorothy's treatment of the Stanleys.

"Is there another girl on earth who would have conceived the absurd thought, or, having conceived it, would have dared to carry it out ?" I took a chair and replied, "I think there is not another." "I hope not," continued Sir George.

He sat in thought for a moment, and then broke forth into a great laugh.

When he had finished laughing he said: "I admit it was laughable and--and pretty--beautiful.

Damme, I didn't know the girl could do it, Malcolm! I didn't know she had it in her.