21/52 At the same moment the door of the room below opened, and the captain's mellifluous bass notes floated upstairs, charged with the customary stimulant to his wife's faculties. "Mrs.Wragge!" She started to her feet at that terrible summons. "Oh, what did he tell me to do ?" she asked, distractedly. "Lots of things, and I've forgotten them all!" "Say you have done them when he asks you," suggested Magdalen. "They were things for me--things I don't want. |