Any old Gamp will tell you that." Ronnie sat down; but solely because his knees suddenly gave way beneath him.

The floor on which he was standing seemed to become deep sand.
"Keep calm," sneered Aubrey Treherne.

"Perhaps you would like to know my excellent warrant for concluding that Helen was my wife in a former life?
She came very near to being my wife in this.

She was engaged to me before she ever met you, my boy.

Had it not been for the interference of that strong-minded shrew, Mrs.Dalmain, she would have married me.