"Say Yes, and I'll be a good girl for the rest of my life." "A good girl ?" repeated Mr.Vanstone--"a mad girl, I think you must mean.

Hang these people and their theatricals! I shall have to go indoors and see about this matter.

You needn't throw away your cigar, Frank.

You're well out of the business, and you can stop here." "No, he can't," said Magdalen.

"He's in the business, too." Mr.Francis Clare had hitherto remained modestly in the background.