3/18 There was Richard to be saved." "And was it worth ruining yourself to do that ?" quoth Lady Horton, her colour high. "I have, indeed, done that, though not in the way you mean." Mother and daughter eyed her, mystified. "Your good name is blasted," said her aunt, "unless so be that Mr.Wilding is proposing to make you his wife." It was a sneer the good woman could not, in her indignation, repress. "We are to be married this day se'night." A dead silence followed the calm announcement. |