Pooh! The passage barely lasts two hours; we will shut ourselves up in a private cabin.

I will send at once--the courier may be engaged.

Ring the bell." "Lady Janet, I must submit to my hard lot.

I cannot hope to associate myself again with any future plans of yours--" "What! you are afraid of our 'Bohemian life' in Paris?
Observe this, Grace! If there is one thing I hate more than another, it is 'an old head on young shoulders.' I say no more.

Ring the bell." "This cannot go on, Lady Janet! No words can say how unworthy I feel of your kindness, how ashamed I am--" "Upon my honor, my dear, I agree with you.