"To lie low until honest men got used to him would be considerably more becoming to a man like you." "Well," said Winston, stung into forgetfulness, "I'm not going to offend in that fashion again, and you can go to the devil in the way that most pleases you.

In fact, I only pulled you out of the pit to-night because a lady, who apparently takes a quite unwarranted interest in you, asked me to." Ferris stared up at him, and his face showed almost livid through the luminous night.
"She asked you to!" he said.

"By the Lord, I'll make you sorry for this." Winston said nothing, but shook the reins, and when the wagon lurched forward Dane looked at him.
"I didn't know that before," he said.
"Well," said Winston dryly, "if I hadn't lost my temper with the lad, you wouldn't have known now." Dane smiled.

"You miss the point of it.

Our engaging friend made himself the laughing-stock of the colony by favoring Maud Barrington with his attentions when he came out.