17/24 "Leave the house while you can leave it. Stay here, and I will send for Lady Janet Roy." "You can't send for her! You daren't send for her!" "I can and I dare. You have not a shadow of a proof against me. I have got the papers; I am in possession of the place; I have established myself in Lady Janet's confidence. I mean to deserve your opinion of me--I will keep my dresses and my jewels and my position in the house. |