"It was Nellie here who begged for mercy on his account." "Ah, well, the incident ended very pleasantly.

No one saw what happened save the principals, a fortunate thing in itself.

We want to prevent a nine days' wonder just now." "Are you quite sure ?" asked Miss Layton, overjoyed at this expression of opinion, and secretly surprised at the interest taken by the barrister in the affair, for Hume had not as yet found time to tell her his friend's name.
"Quite sure, Miss Layton," he said, with the smile which made him such a prompt favourite with women.

"I had nothing to do but observe the _mise-en-scene_.

The stage was quite clear for the chief actors.