21/27 Weak chap at the best of times, I should think. He's lying low in the smoking-room till the people are gone." "Mr.Scarlett is an old friend of ours," said Lady Newhaven, sipping her glass of water, and spilling a little; "but I can't quite forgive him--no, I really can't--for the danger he caused to Edward. You know, or perhaps you don't know, that Edward can't swim, either. Even now I can't bear to think what might have happened." She closed her eyes with evident emotion. "Good little woman," he thought. |