Come, dear Tina,' he added, approaching her, and attempting to take her hand; 'for your own sake let me entreat you to receive her attentions politely.

She really feels very kindly towards you, and I should be so happy to see you friends.' Caterina was already in such a state of diseased susceptibility that the most innocent words from Captain Wybrow would have been irritating to her, as the whirr of the most delicate wing will afflict a nervous patient.

But this tone of benevolent remonstrance was intolerable.

He had inflicted a great and unrepented injury on her, and now he assumed an air of benevolence towards her.

This was a new outrage.