Judging from your fright, I guess you must have met him.

Did you really lock him in that old house ?" "Indeed I did," answered Grace, who was rapidly recovering from the effects of her fright.

"He took me for the Empress Josephine." She related all that had happened, ending with the way she locked his emperorship in.
"Well, all I've got to say is that you're the pluckiest girl I ever came across," said the man admiringly, when Grace had finished.
But she shook her head.
"I never was so frightened in my life before.

I shall never forget his screams." It was after eight o'clock when Grace Harlowe arrived at her own door.

The man Hampton had insisted on calling a carriage, so Grace rode home in state.